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WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 1917,

AUCTIONS.

Hughes & Hough

G.

ABOTNINEERS TO THE GOVERNMENT.

General Auctioneers

Brokers and Commission

R."

PUBLIC AUCTION.

THE CHINA MAIL.

THE MAGISTRACT.

A SOLDIER CONVICTED,

SCOTTISH LETTER.

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3. (From Chur Own Corraspundent.)

March 28.

CENTENÁRY OF "BLACKWOON"

vulumė“ “ Russian. Court Mumeirs, 1914-

| 16,” by "A Russian." It bearstha imprema of knowledge and remcity on every page. The two points of groutest interest deals with in the' volume are the amazing extent to which Gerinan influence was

INTIMATIONS

IN AID OF WAR CHARITIES.

ASSAULT-AT-ARMS,

UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE HONGKONG POLICE RÉSERVE,

ON

SATURDAY, MAY 19th.

Ta Mt Melbourao'q, Const: yester day, gunner in the 88tb Com

is evidence in the Russian Court GRAND pany, Royal Garrison Artillery, named Taraci Grant, pleaded guilty to charges A few weeks ago we celebrate the circles, and the small amount of the trade transacted between Britain and of obtaining by means of false pretences, contenary of the "Scotsman," Genion Sais, to be

with attempt to defraud, two telescopes greatest of Scottish newspapers, now there Russia. The accord of these points and two pair of old glasses, to the is upon us the centenary of "Black of special importance to Dundee and Calcutta, the writer quoting of our Sect.

the jute total value of about $85.4 on dates wood" the grestent

trade as ond of his A hundred years between April 9th, May 3rd: and tish magazines.

main illustrations.* As to our general ran very high in trade with Russia. he says. "The between the same dates, fraudulently go political feeling uning devices; or tokens, to support Scotland, arel it came into the heat of false and fraudulent statement in order to obtain the above mentioned glasses, with intent to cheat the owners, vi,

DARTICULARS and Conditions of the hold on MONDAY, the gst day of Share, Coal and General Produce May, 2017, at 3 pm, at the Offers of the Public Works Department, by Order of His Excellency the Governer, of One Lot of CROWN LAND abord Bowen Bond in the Colony of Fongkong, for a term of 75 years, with the option of renewal at a Crown Reat to be fixed by the Surveyor of His Disjorty the King, fur ons farther term of 75

Festa,

Agents.

PROPRIETORJ.

#To-Kwa-Wan" Coal Storaga.

Cole* usel

Bentley's

4.4th & 5th Editions.

A 1 Telegraphic odn...

Telegraphic Address

MKIRION" HONGKONG. “

PUBLIC AUCTION,

THE Undersigned have received in- structions to sell by Public Auction..

LYDE ACCOUNT OF THE CONCERNED).

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on

FRIDAY,

the 18th May, 1917, at 10 a... at their Sales Rooms, No. 8, Des Verux Rond Corner ni Jee House Street, A MISCELLANEOUS STOCK. Comprising:-

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Pongee Silk, Holland, White Drill. Dress Materials, Alphen, Blue and White Serge, Toilet Soap, Perfumery, Counter- panes, Towels, a number of frady made Drgas, Canvas Shoes, ae, &e,

TIEMS :—Dasb.

Locality,

· Particulars of the Iot,

Bundry Alerts Lipproximate)

Contrats

slim, 101, 190

PUBLIC AUCTION.

1791

THE Undersigned has received instrue tions from the Liquidators of Sess, JEBES & Co. in pursuance of an order of the Hongkong Goremment to sell by Faldic Auction at 12 o'clock (Noon) on

TUESDAY,

the 31st day of July, 1917.

at his Sales Puntua, DEDDZEZ STREET,.

THE VALUABLE LEASEHOLD

A few Sun Hats and a number of New PROPERTY situnte at The Peak, Carpets.

Hongkong and being Rural Bailding Lot No. 193.

IS ONE LOT The property, consists of →→

"HUGHES & HOCEH,

Suctioneers,

Hongkong, May 11, 1917.

1784

"PUBLIC AUCTION.

THE Undersigned have received in-

(FOS ACCOUNT OF THE CONURENIV),

FRIDAY,

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the 28th May, 1917, at 3.30 px

at their Sales Rooms, No. 8

Des Voeux Road, Corner of

Tee House Street,

A CONSIGNMENT OF

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Large Turkish Bath Shecta, Bath Towels. Face Towels, Linen Damask Table Cloths and Serviettes, Single and Double Bed Sheets, Pillow Cases, White Satin Quilts, Glass Cloth etc., etc.

Also

A VanIED AMONTMENT OF Brass Flower Vases, Jardinieres, Vases with Stands, Candlesticks, Buddhus, Finger Bowls. Incume Burners, Kinkosur Batsmaia Vases Flower Vards, Kutuf Vases Wall Plates, Jacliners with Stands, Porcelain Vases, etc., etc, etc.

Aud

A Few Lots or GlassWALE Comprising -

Table Glass, Decanters, Glass J19,

Fruit Dishes, Ice Creag

Plates. Ige

Fitchers Water Jugs, etc., etc.

(Full Particulură from Catalogue)

On view on day previous thr sale.

Inspection solicited.

Terms: Cash.

HUGHES & HOUGH,

Auctioneer

Hongkong, May 12, 1917.

PUBLIC AUCTION.

a civil and discrest man in the book-British merchant a rale is not over- selling line," by nama William Black conciliatory in bis dealings with foreign wood, staunch and fighting Tory, that firma. The gront obstacles to commer Mr. W. Wotherspoor, Mr. H. J. Ling it would be a good thing to found a cial transactions with" Britain. consisted and Mr. J. Pearson, residents rival to that blue and yellow in the unwillingness to give credit to of Hongkong, who appeared as calamity of The Edinburgh Ravio. Rusins, The Russian tradesmen are complainants.

In April 1817, therefore, appeareded to credit, and are thomghly cons the first number of "The Edinburgh inced that no business can be transact In their dealings with Monthly Magazine" edited by James without it. Cleghorn and Thomas Pringle. Cleghorn German firms they had no difficulty in

this respect."

The writer then takes as illustration

Detective Sergeant. T. Murphy, who conducted the prosecution on behalf of the Hon. Captain Superintendant of Police (Mr. Mol. Messer), in explaining afterwards very successful as en the circumstances of the case, said that accountant, and Pringle was to acquire the following incident, which be saya defendant had obtained the two teles posthumous fame as the father of Soute will make his morning clear, "The capes and two held glasses from the African poetry and to suggest a couplet best jute bags are made in Scotland. complainants on the pretence that in "Locksley Hall," but they died As an agricultual country, Russia uses he required them for signalling pointed Blackwood's expectations

such bag in enormous quantities, and

ON THE

HONGKONG VOLUNTEER PARADE GROUND:

EXTRA SPECIAL

10 Rounds International Heavy Weight Contest.

Gooner CRAIG, U.S.N.

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- Corpl. SCOTT, R.I.

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SPECIAL

10 Rounris International Light Weight Contest. BATTLING BRANNIGAN, U,S,N...... Sapper RICHARDS, RE. INTERNATIONAL

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Rounds Light Heavy Weight Contesa, Corp. ROYAL. U.S.M.G. 1. Sappor SUNLEIGH, RI. 8.Round' Contests

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Seaman SIMES. E.N. 2. Supper SMITH, R.F. 'Corpl. STUBES, Middlesex Regt. Saaman: ALLIN, RN. KID KOCH, U.S.M.O. v. Sallor, FOX, U.§.N..

Referees Messes, H. J. GEDGE and W. S. BAILEY.

Time Kepers: Sergt. FITT and A. B. ALLAN. »

The Band of the HIK.PR, will be in attendance. Doors Open Commence .30 . barp

Prices

Fingside $10 and $5. Stalls $3. Pit $1. Members of H.M3 Begular Forces Half Price to $3 and 31 seats. The Whole of the profts will be devoted to WAR CHARITIES. BOOKING AT MOUTHIE'S.

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this aimain view he entered into com- LIGHT-WEIGHT LUXURY

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the "merchant vessel in return for the

A CAR IN A FIELD OF ITS OWN

SCRIPPS-BOOTH

in the vicinity of the respective editors. The magazine was not suffused to get them from tamburg A rasisionces of the complainants. He toki ciently Tory; it found room to praise friend of mine had sees the Scots bags, them that his own field glasses had one the clientele of Jeffrey suid Com and wis able to jadge of their infinite those importert Trian He had the tie of starting Germany. fallen inton nullah and bad been broken stable: slovo all it was dull and much superiority to In each ense besided that if he could too decorous for the young Tory lions an agency in Petrograd fir Scuts jute 705) not obtain the use of the complainant's two of whom,-John Wilson and John bugs, feeling confident in the success of glasses he would have to go to Lyemun Gibson Lockhart-persuaded Blackwood his scheme and of spreading the sale of them all over the Empire. With for another pair of field glasses to change his arrangements for what He relased practically the same came almost immediately to be known as munication with several of the largest atory to

each complainant, and Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine." firms in Edinburgh and Dunde to each he gave his proper name, num- The first nuraber under the new auspices The best references were given, but

the conditions were such the famous - “Choliles. ber, and address.. On the same dates contained

to make all competition with Ham-} that he obtaited the glasses from the Manuscript," which at once put an end burg impossible. The agent. WISH respective owners he sold them. One to any complaint about the dullness of gives no eredit, the money for the bags of the two telescopes he sold to a suilor Maga Written at a sitting he was to be handled over to the captain ot in the Naval Canteen for two dollars, Lockhart and Christopher North. it was Hills of lading. No reduction of price and the other telescope he said to a curio a satire upon Edinburgh Society was accented to the agent seiring the The piece or parcel of ground and dealer in Queen's Road Contral for five Constable was described (pot for the bags wholesale, only a percentage on premises known as "Lysholt," 194 The dollara. One of the two paira' of field first time) as "the Crafty," and the best the baga disposed of. Taking into con- Penk, situato near Mount Gough in the Colony of Hangkung with an area of glasses he sold in a Japanese shop in known passage is an account of his visit sideratiof the expense of duty, &c., the Scots bags turned out much more ex- 14 square feet and registerci in the Queen's Roart Central for $1.50, and the to Sett, The Crafty said unto pensive than the German oues.

Never- other pair he sold to a curio dealer in himself, I will arise and go intotheless if the agency could have had Wyndham Street for seven dollars. Magician which is of my friends... Facilities granted to it, the evident With the assistance of the defendant,So he arose fund came unto that great superiority of texture of the gs and three of the borrowed glasses had been Magician which bath his dwelling in the tiountedly appealed to the farines and their one-sesmed shape would bare na- recovered. The telescope which was old fastresses hard by the River Jordan, tradesmen in quest of bugs but in order seld to the sailor in the Naval Canteen which is by the Border.". The Tun has to axure the success of the enterprise a could not be traced. The other long since gone out of the joke, but the six-mouths' credit would have been

indispensible." telescope was found in the possession of number sold like wildfire, and was the the curio dealer in Queen's Road Central

cause of much beartburning. Actions who had bought it from the defendant.

is the Court of Session for "wicked; The two field glasses, however; had passed through many hands before 1748 bring recovered.

10.

Land Other as Rural Building Lot. No.

The lot is held for the unexpired residue of a term of 75 years created therein by an indentare of Crown Lease

·dited the 23rd day of April 1800.

The Annual Crown Rent is $95.00. For further particulars and conditions of sale apply to Messrs. Wilkinson & Grist, Solleitors for the Liquidators, or to the undersigned.

GEO. P. LÄMMERT,

Auctioneer.

Hongkong. April 30, 1917.

Dont Worrez!

Inhere

KEATING'S

KILLS

BUGS. FLEAS MOTHS

BEETLES

1790.

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DY direction of the Government of

B Hongkong Messrs. HUGHES und

HOUGH have received instructions to sell by Public Auction.

MONDAY,

the 13th day of August, 1917 at 3 p.m. at their Sules Room, Ice House Street, Victoria, Hongkong.

The Following VALUABLE LEASE-

·HULD PROPERTY situate at Victoria Hongking Viz

ALL THOSE pieces or parcels of ground situate at Victoria aforesaid and known and registered in the Land Office SECTION A OF MARINE LUT NO. 101 and SECTION B OF MARINE LOT NO. 101 Together with the messungen erections and buildings thereon' known: 45

NOST Queen's Road

TINS 36

MARTIN'S

APIOL &STEEL

KUPILLS

A Tane's Bakedy for a/Kamandarinian

21 ~ kay KITOKS WHY WE NOG GYRON 1 Stanly down mar 14 - Mendebant. 150s whe

Pet Kurman. Benthampton. Bad

MARTIN'S PIOL & STEEL SEZEPILLS

Central, Victoris aforesaid Term 959 CHINA MAIL

years created by a Crown Lease dated

the 8th day of April 1866.

Area in respect of Section A of

Marine Lot No. 101-9445 .t Proportion of Annual Crown Bent 884.457

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Detective Murphy added that before

WAS AN

his arrest the defendant

pentee from his company, and upon being taken into custody by the Police he was immediately delivered to the military authorities. Having been alrewly dealt with by then, he was now able to swer to civil charges. The defendant had informed the Police that he had a resou for taking the glasses.

After a conversation with the Captain of the defendant's company, His Wor ship stated that he had been inform

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to

LONDON SCOTTISH, COMMANIA In view of his appointment, as

Secretary

the false, and scandalous libels, actuated by Parliamentary

Secretary for Sectland, Colonel Greig, deliberate malignity," were part of M.P., has retivet from the command of the price paid by the publisher for the the 3rd buttalion of the London auccess of his new venture. The in- Scottish. He joined the regiment masay quities of the first number "were not years ago, and was its Culonel when war iroke out. Since then he lus contineri to the Chalded Manuscript rendered great service in the recruiting, It contained u bitter attack upon the four training ut few hattalions. Tho quickery" of Coleridge's Biographia command passes to another popular Litertia," and much abuse of Leigh officer, Lient. Col. C. Green, COLG

ut as the founder of the Cockney who was wounder at Messines and weit

out again on his recovery, Schoolof. Poetry," with a reference to Hunt as being as completely a plebian in his mind as he is in his muck and station in society." In later number Christopher North's series of Noctes

ed that the defendant's previous conduce, Ambrosiana" gave only" too good

had been very good." He sentenced an opportunity for Wilson's holster

·He Hometimes wrote in month's hard labour fous fun.

him to one:

on the first charge, and disebarged pure mischief as when be attacked

SELLITY SUIT AGAINST PERI's

√

DAUGHTER.

In the Scottish Court of Session, i

Dewar is issued his judgmentia

as action for declarator of nullity of marriage by Persiysi Henry Alavelock Bailey, Captain in the Sikh Pincers of the Indian Army, again the Hon, Isubel Norn wendoline Balfour, otherwise iley. The evidence was

The cabbage patch-or the potato patch-bas come to stay, and promises to effect a peaceful revolution in our cities, towns, and villages, especial y of soil, a return can he got out of it in our villages. Given almost any kind

thers is

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him on the second charge. His Wor. Biend this Wordsworth often heard itt camera recently, Lord

idiot, ship, however, said he could make no writes like. an and" nover Dewar has gaunted decrée us concluded order regarding the return of the glasses more so than when he wrote of for, reserving the question of expetises. Milton, Thy soul was like 2 atar to the respective owers.

THE CABBAGE PATCH. Shortly after Mr. Melbourne liad and dwelt apart,' for it dwelt given his decision with regard to the in tumalt and mischief and return of the glasses to the com.reballion. Wordsworth ja in all things plainants, Mr. J. H. Gardiner appeared the reverse of Milton: a good man and as their representative and applied bad poet." The irritable soul of Hogg for the restoration of the borrowed also contributor, was wounded by provided there is labour; und glasses without payment. Mr. Gardiner references in the Noctes," in which

an inexhaustible source Submitted to His Worship that the Litrick Shepherd played a very industrial populations. Mr. Alexander of labour ying nutilised in our according to Section 8 of Ordinance

prominent role, and Blackwood had no M. Prain throwe some refreshing new of 1865, he (the magistrate) had the mall trouble in keeping his team lights on the effect of allotments p power to restore the glasses to the together. Among other early contri the people. Miners, he says, are the rightful owners, the former buttora was Willium Maginn, the original class of workers to whom the allotment complainants.

of Captain Shandon in Pendennis, who system "could be most easily and After considering Mr. Gardiner's brought Blackwood into another belainous and unattractive, but the economically adapted. Their work is application Mr. Melbourne ordered that ease. And Coleridge and De Quincey hours are abort, and the coalfields the recovered glasses be returned to the also wrote. John Galt's "Ayrshire Ar not all in great centres respective owners.

Legaties" and "The Provose" made population. Give to every miner's suli-contained cottage with a plot of GOVERNMENT SHROFF PLEADS rat appearance in "Maga," Gleig, the ground around it, and you immediately GUILTY TO EMBEZZLEMENT. biographer of Warren Hastings, wrate place within his reach a surface mine of for it for sixty years; Mrs. Hemans great potential richness, in which bis work would be a recreation, and from The case in which a Chinese shroff sent it the now forgotten poetry; and which many of the necessárics of life was charged with misappropriating the its table of contents is one long roll could be drawn. Miners are a sporting sum of 899.75, being monies of the call of famous names. Many great pens community, he adds. Whippet racing Government of Hongkong, was heard have been engaged upon it since, in football, athletics in various forms Ct.before Mr. Melbourne yesterday

Professor Madauri's words, a band of occupy their spare time, and form their sosial recreation. This, however, not The Hon. Captain Superintendent of daring young Tories made the magazine so much from choice as from necessity, Police (Mr. Mel. Messer) appeared to conduct the prosecation, but af Mr. J. Hat once a terror and a new splendour in and very little indincement would turn 50 Gardiner, who represented the defence, the island" It still retains its old din changed his client's plea of not guilty to tinctive and distinguished place, its old

PUBLICATIONS.

BTAINABLE the China Main!

"kong im

Gifs in respect of Section "B" of, Wyndham Strest, Hous Marine Lot, ND. 10187609. It. Proportion of Annual Crown Rent $6.70.

For further particulars and conditions HISTORY OF UNION CHURCH

of sale apply tom!

JOHNSON, STOXES & MASTER,

A Primed's Buildings.. Tee House Street, Hongkong Solicitors for the Líquidator of THE DEUTSCH ASIATISCHE BANK.

For to

Mesa HUGHES and BOUGH,

The Auctioneers

dongkong, hay 9, 1917.

1777.

TANG YUK DESTISE, "BUccessor to

the late SIEN JING

14. D'AGITLAR STREET.

TERME VURY MODERATE

Mation free.

(1881-1903)0

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GONGKONG'S MUSICAL.:

TEISTUEY...

NOTES ON WILD LIFE IN HONGKONG AND SOUTH CHINA (by; Rev. G. A. Banbury, MA)..

Part I-Mammale and Birds Part II-Reptiles, Amydible and

Flabes

THE MISSIONS ETRANGERES MARCHistory of the Eastern

Uhurah)

CHINESE SCHOOL

BOOK.

Cam-Tan King," translate Ma by E. J. Kitel).

their sporting proclivities to the growing

of potatoes, vegetables and flowers, with which would naturally be associated

ond of guilty, Captain Messer and beficulty of attracting the best writers of poultry, rabbits, pigeons, and even pigs would not press the charge and asked

the magistrate for leniency in sentencing the time, and its old hold upon the best and a cow

the defendant

** His Worship imposed a fine of $100 or in deferlt of payment, sentenced the defendant to three months' hand labour.

HEAVY SENTENCE

renders. One of its clitors used to

speck of Blackwood's military stall,” and during the present war its military contributions bare had no rivale among the magazines.

FOR A GAME BACK.

THE JUTE TRADE WITH RUSSIA.

WHEN you have pams, or lameness in the back bathe the parts with A Chinese banisher, arrested at the

Memoirs of the Chara verlain's Pain Bali twice a day Colony on the charge of returning to Que fights abys Hongkong before a term of five yeary German and Apsti Courts, most of hisenging with the palm of the hand

for five minutes at each application was brought banishment, had exqued" was

them being obviou manufactured for Then dampen niece of fansal slightly Lefore Mr.JE Wood this morning ung

arket. But an . with this linment and bind, sentenced to one year hard labour, the present dar

the seat of pain. For by exception 12E5 De Why four hours stucka 75,

part of it and Storekeepers

BIK ROBERT SMART'S LAND.

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Each

20

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A CONSIGNMENT OF THESE

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The Signature.

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