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TUESDAY, JUNE 5, 1917.

Hughes & Hough

AUCTIONEERS TO TED GOVERNMENT.

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General Anatianeers

Share, Coal and General Produce

Brokers and Commission

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Agents.

PROPRIETORS

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Code used

Bentley's

4th 5th Editions...

A Telegmphic Code

Telegraphic ddüren, MEIRION" HONG KONG.

PUBLIC

AUCTION.

THE T'odersigned have received in structions to sell by Public Auction (FOR ACCOUNT. OF THE CONCERNED),,

co

WEDNESDAY,

the 6th June, 1917, commencing at 2.30 pm, at their Sales Pconss, No. 8, Des Voux Road, Corner of

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les Hotez Bracer,

VALUABLE TEAEWOOD AND BLACKWOOD FURNITURE, dc.j. ku..

Comprising

Upholstered Suites, Arm-chairs and Sofas Card Tables, Bedroom Furniture comprising Double and Single Brass- mounted Bedsteads Twin Bedstems (Tonkwood), Sideboards, Dinner Wag goas, Extension Dining Tables und Chairs, Tea and Ocensional Tables: ege, Dianer Services, Crockery, Glass Ware, Cooking Stoves, Cutlery, Toilet Seta, ku..., Bath Room Utensils, Roll-top Desks ind Writing Tables, Sandry Electro l'hited Ware, etc..

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Pand in good condition, Electric Reading Lamps, Blackwood and Teak-

Furniture, Engravings, Pictures, etc, etc.

THE CHINA MAIL.

CAN YOU THREAD A NEEDLE

NEWS FROM HOME.

'Holding The Thread An Inch From The End? Not To Be Able To Do This Is A Sign Of An Over. wrought Nərvous

Condition

(From Our Own Corrispondent,)

LONDON, April 21.

THE UUNS AND PUSIR DEAD, "

The horrible details published smugly by German papers like the Lokal-Anzeiger of Berlin, and repro THERE must reset, the cause of THERE is only one way to correct diced by papers here, as to the dis the trouble: Fast breause your Handposal of the Germans killed in battle,

ob retained. The same applies to fix kuccessfully repudiated by some of | dogs, nud pŝultry, Utility and their customers," he decline to

national service is to be the ery in accept notice of cancellation on thes

· hammans,

INTIMATIONS

BY

the azinul work as well as anong god that "they have beimsly YOU NEED NOT

Even the men classified as agreed to an intimation that mah ci, 2, or 3 who have all'atong been orders could be booked onlyĝon pon. given ta undesrtand that the most dition of delivery as soon as possible. they would have to do would be huge The Board of Trade, it may be noted. service, are now told that as service has under consideration the issue of behind the lines abroad is no more") arduous that at here, they will boilers in certain selected trades to a generd order requiring export utilised in „France.

be given priority ayer, home traie

The use of negro labourers in

trembles it does not follow that the) have shockąd even those who knew France lus been so stupcessful that Business, but no such order S unti-

Brouble lies directly in the nerves of the

hanul. The body is full of what is known secthing of the Han brutality,

are not aware that such nerves exist.

as "sympathetic nerves. Many persons But the gentic Prussians are upper They

do

not

it has been decided to organise coun

cipated in the immediate fudure. **

By the way, the official announce.

panies of Cape coloured drivers withment is made this week that the King know that nothing goes on ently que pleased with themselves a number of artificers, for service in any part of the body every other over it. part does not instantly" know of" The

closeness of this sympathy is familiarly illustrated by headaches, indigestion,

has granted a Charter to the British

the front. The officers and N.L.Os

Trade Corporation" that is to estab

It is described how a company has will be European. The loyalty of the

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that

fish credit banks heat otherwise

rheumatism, neuralgia, etc., when the formed and is making profitatives of South Africa has already part time hurts may not be the seat of out of the ghastly business of collectivceived a fine tribute from tenerlounge export tule under official the trouble at all. Almost every esse of ing the thousands of German corpsus,Botha, and sleeplessness nervCAINUS, VETTY SPASTI, sia, is a "ympathetic strike" by brain and boiling theta down. The tat is already have given their lives to

he Gentioned nerviss and summch, induced by the used to provide glycerine, and to the Empire, chierty in the torpedoing Flowering of the general health. In CÜMER.

of this kind nothing is more gratefulnake kip, and the residue is used of the transport Mendi in the than the help and strengthening powers

of a remarkable discovery called Sarget for fertilsers and to feed pigs. The Surgol Tablety are a cureful combine pigs in their turn proside "pork for tion of valuable nerve and strength feuding elements that aim to reach and the fluns at home and so the wheel

entire system. Their action is quick of horror turus full circle, As one and anmistakable. Try Sargol Tablets playful cominentator puta it :--- to-day, Make the test foe see if this is not so. urself and

Ltd. The Victoria Dispensary, The Pharmacy. heen's Tispensary. Th Edward Bispensary, suti ocher reliable chemists in engkong sell them

AUCTIONS.

PUBLIC AUCTION,

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Imperial Caesar, turned to clay, Might stop a hole to keep the wind

Channel.

MORE HOSPITAL SHIPS.

auspices, as part of the soberne fathered by Sir Albert Stanley. President of the Board of Trade. ·

AMERICA.

To revert to the American parti- cipation, it may not be amiss to quotë True to their sile instincts, the an American with the cosmopolitan Germans are still torpedoing hospital outlook. You must not make mis ships, though, thanks to the bravery takes as to us on the other side of of rescuers amb the nursing staffs,the water.

America has come, into the loss of life among the wounded the war on her own account and not lass fur been small, Birthe loss But Geign dead, beyond the fat fit among the hospital staffs,

qus n piiluntiimple supporter bf, The rench of laye

Allies The best circles in Boston, finchabis the nurses who have New York and so forth are, of course

nly gone out from comfortable heres to star the stricken, salsittely pro-British. But the bulk been considerable. Hence forth, it

away:

Are turned by cing Kattar into

sonja.

When these Burtwhich are bei yond questions-rench the Torks and other Musle dupes of German imperialism, it will be interesting to THE Undersignest have received in-ser the restir. Ms. Alfred Size, the

structions to sell by Public Auction, Chinese Ambassador, told an inter (FOR ACCOUNT OF THE CONCERNED).

view that bis n countryinen

AJIL

SATURDAY,

the 9th June, 1917.

at 10.30 w, at their Sales Rooms, No.

Des Vunx Road, Corner of Ice House Street, MISCELLANEOUS STOCK,

Comprising:-

of the American "people are simply

THE HIGH

GET THE

BE WORRIED

COST OF LIVING.

MONTGOMERY WARD HABIT

AND

SAVE TIME, WORRY "AND MONEY.

WHITE TO US FOR A COPY OF

OUR BIG CATALOGUE OF 100,000 ARTICLES

FOR THE HOME, FARM, OFFICE' AND SHOP.

It is a Guide to Good Living at Low Prices. Everything to Eat Woar and Use.

ALL AT WHOLESALE PRICES DIRECT TO YOU. Four Million Families all over the World supply their needs from us.

WHY DON'T YOU?

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fur Groency last published every sixty days tells you the right prices to pay for high gule provisions. Let us send it të son--fred, of course,

No matter where you live-you can save money by dealing with us. America is the only big market in normal condition where production has not diminished prices are not inflazed, and means of shipping animpaired. merchandise purchased front us is only $2.25 per hundred pounds from Chicago clear through to Yokohama, Kobe, Shanghai, Hongkong and Manila. This for fast service by tmas Pacific liners. Compare our rate with the rate others Pacific Coast, or from the American Coast to the Orient. quote you! It is much less then the regular rate either from Chicago to the

Our service, accoss the Pacife is unimpaired, and the freight rate for

called up, to treat the wounded in is announced, medical nen are to be Yankee. As to that, our Repub lie will be of ingeleulable service to Free and thus save the seu risks.

the Allies, but don't anticipate too

Montgomery Ward & Co. is the only concern in the United States able to mich » American development in secare for its customers these low rates, because we are the only merchants in the A COMPARISON,

Europe. Remember the problem of United States having sufficient volume of business to ship a full carload of 30,000 Sir Arthur Conan Desgle muktai a fitting comparison of the artales. He

all for the Allies a month ago was the pounds at one time. We are loading such a car every other day.

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would regard the creation of this reminds the world how completely uncial one, America solves thai.

Corpse Confession Factory

an altnost incredible abomination.

When I bet it."

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Buy in Chicago, where the world's cheapest prices prevail.

Our catalogue, a book of nearly 1,000 pages, is in the hands of every American Missionary, and on file at every American Consulate. It is sent free upon request to our home office, or may be obtained upon personal application to B. Tolman, 931 Urbiztondo. Manila. P.I.: Wells Fargo & Co., Rojas Bldg., Calle David, Manila, P.L: Wells Fargo & Co., 8 Kiukiang Road, Shanghai, Chine; B. Monteith Webb & Co. Agents for Wells, Fargo & Co., Hongkong, China. Mail requests to above should be accompanied by Be gold to partly pay mailing expense...

the British soldiers have mastered aid by the Garumn shipping released the Gours in the war, a fact which for allied trading, she practically **E was horrified and could scarcely Stands in special prominence from makes up for your submarine losses believe surn A

the foolishs gibe of the Kaiser and the Are not these good sough for a start. thing possible. #1 In China-we have, a very specia

sneers of the derman Press in the without switching our engle on to the star of victory before there's been respect ant Deverênce for the early days of the conflier." the grafes, any disturbance of the double," he says the British pri del There any descention o "In prisoners we have at least time to hustle ruined. H

bodies of those who have gone to

in Germany being about Their last res, & very grave crime. 341480) In Jaumber, while we lave We venerate our ancestors, and"rever close upon 70,000 Liermans.

A variety of Dress Material including Blue and White Serge and Alpaca

wood Screens, a quantity of Pluckwood Prints, Bolland White Linen, &c. Drill tc.. Chinterpanes, Blankets, Towels Toilet Soap. Perfamery.

Also

Tennis Foles and Netting, Porcelain Cigar Cabinet, Large Bath, Brass Finger Bowls, Carpets (Now and second hand), Child's Cots, Fermbelators, etc., etc. (Fall Farticulars from Catalogus.); TERME :—Cash.

HUGHES & HONIGA,

Auctioneers Hongkong, May 3, 1917.

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PUBLIC AUCTION.

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

(PCR ACCOUNT OF THE CONCERNED),

a

WEDNESDAY,

the 6th June, 1917, at 3 p.u.,.

at their Sales Booms, No. 8

Des Voeux Road, Corner of

Ice House STREET,

Encyclopedia Britanica with Athis and index, in thirty-five Volumes, balf Morocco, with revolving Teakwood Boutense, etc., cost £ub.

Terms:-Cash..

HUGHES & HOUGH

Auctioneers.

Hongkong, May 31, 1917.

PUBIJO AUCTION.

He undersigned have received in stractions to sell by Public Auction,

FOR ACCOUNT OF THE CONCERTED)

DD

THURSDAY,

the 7th June, 1917, at 2.30 p.m. at their Sales Rooms, No. 8, Des Voeux Road, Corner of Ice House Street,

ABOUT SIXTY DOZEN PAIRS LADIES' SILK HOSE VARIOUS COLOURS. Tanns--Áo vonat.

1917.

&t..

Sit.. *da. And

af

soners

A MISSIONARY'S DOUBLE ESCAPE. We have had many cases of sailors who have, excuped from submarine fattacks time and again, but the ense of Dr. Rendel Harris, the well known | Non-conformist, selolur, is probably. unique in his class. He has been in the Far East on missionary, ork special losses during that week cume with the late Dr. Hope Moulton and

A few Boxes Slazengers Tennis Ballsonce their memory. With sucla feel. "Onis during the Mons rétrent have ings for the bodies of the dead, we the dietimas taken any considerable Terms: Cash.

Cumot but regard the German "umber of pusopers fruin us. Our desecration with vury horror.""

HUGHES & HOUGH.

Auctioneers Hongkong Jane J, 1917.

1862

PUBLIC AUCTION.

Bing Messrs. HUGHES and RY direction of the Government of

HOUGH have received instructions to sell by:Public Auction.

OR

MONDAY,

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SPRING AT LAST.

We have had to wait for Spring long time, but there and signs of it ut last, after the coldest and storniest

this genetion. The fanciful proterul opening to April is the emogy of

to see an omen in the let that the

has twice-excuped from wrecks cnused

muurlý 15,000 men." On the other hand, ou, the Mame, at Loos, again and again on the Somme, of theby my torpedoes within six Anere, and now at. Arrus and the happily was not so fortunate.

months. Dr. Hope Moulton, un-

Vimy Ridge, we have made capturés

is

en tur remarkable, The comparison of eliptured gans |

Dác

asses during the "tiens retreat tay

firar really impletely Sprip-like he patat about 60, the great-umjority

THE END IN SIX MONTHS? ་

A reliable punch correspondent whites day, which was yesterday, was also at whigh were at the gigious delent of the condition of affairs in Germany in, America Day in London--in celebrn. of Le Cateau, Afterwards, the guna | Feimary. There appears to be an almost

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the U.S., asking for small packets of rice and enenu to be sect wrapped up in American newspapers "ever 100 grammes (equal to 34 m.) from time, to time would

the 13th day of August, 1917 at 2 PM tin of the entry of the United States which we have lost could be counted quaainous conviction in commercial

at their Sules Room, lee House Streets into the wur--und aló alunos coin on tue fingers of one's hands. The circles in lund that the situation in {

Fictoria, Hongkong.

ciled with the fine progress of the were two at La Busser in October, war cannot possibly fast more than six Certoway is now so desperate that the The Following VALUABLE LEASE- HOLD PROPERTY situate at Victoria Aglonne forces in France. No 1914, fear heavy guns in the poisonroenths. There can be no doubt of “ Hongkong Viz-

bly now thinks that the Germans gas netion of April gon, 1915, and weakening of national discipline and will ALL THOSE pieces or parcels of are retiring on their own volition. So possibly one or two at various times, to hold out. The obvious strain is tell- ground situate at Victoria aforesaid and rapid has been the British advance, but the total would not possibly in on all sections of the people. "Let 1850 known and registered in the Land Office and so timmterous the French blows, exceed 50. Against this, we have up friends in Holland state that it is imposi ters written by Germans to relatives and ss SECTION A OF MARINE LOT that Hindenburg hus hd to recall to date taken about 2005 the presentsible to obtain enough' food, wven when NO. 101 and SECTION "B" OF troops from the Bussian atlitulian fighting, and 140 in the fighting ou high prices are offered. A partner in s MARINE LOT NO. 101 Together with fronts, with the result that the But the Sonnne. Eight were taken in the Parlin banking firm wrote to a correspon the messages erections and buildings thereon known as No. 7 Queen's Roadrians and the Austrings are once Battery 1 action and four by the dent in New York before the break with Central, Victoria aforesaid. Term 999 ore in the doldrums.

cavalry next day. Six were taken by A professional man who has just the Lincolns on September 9th, and escaped from Germany tells me the about a dozen others, mostly dis "Area in respect of Section "A" of spirit of the people is nothing like abled, during the Marne retreat. Marine Lot No. 101-8445 sq. it what it was. They are now making Twenty one were taken at Icon. Proportion of Annual Crown Rent 854.45.

bread from turaips, and..if we can Altogether, therefore, our Ares in respect of Section "B" of forge ahead" with our men and guns amounts approximately to 100 guns, Marine Lot. No. 101075 sq.ft and at the same time apply the as against 70 which we have lost.. Proportion of Annual Crown Rent 36.75: For further particulars and conditions of sale apply to

JOHNSUN, STOKES & MASTER,

Frince's Buildings, Tee House Street, Hongkong. Eolicitors for the Liquidator of Taz Devisen Astarisuha Bank,

or to

HUGHES & HOUGH,

Auctioneers. Hongkong, June 1, 1917. " 1861

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PUBLIC AUCTION.

THE Undersigned Save received in- structions to sell by Public Auction. (FOR ACCOUNT OF TEX CONCERNED),

THURSDAY,

the 7th June, 1977, at

2.30 pm, at their Bales Rooms, No. 8, Dee Voeux Road, Corner of Ice House Street,..

Á LARGE ABORTMENT OF Large Turkish Fath Sheets, Face Towel, Linen Damask Table Cloths and Serviettes, Bingle and Double Bed Sheets Pillow Cases, White Satin Quilts, Glass Cloth, etc, etc.

A VARIED AMORTALENT"OF Braas Flower Vases on Stands, Jardinieres, Vases, Candlesticks, Bud- dino, binger Bowld, Incense Burnert, Flowers Vases, Wall Plates, Imitation Cid Bronze Vasce, etc, etc.,

And

A few lots of Enamelled Soup and Milk Fra

TerinsCash.'

HUGHES & HOUGH,

Hongkong, May 31, 1917.

years created by a Crown Lease dated the 8th day of April 1556.

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AUCTION.

PUBLIC AUCTION..

PEE Undersigned has received instruc

the 21st day of July, 1917, at his Sales Rooms, DUDDELL STREET,

blockade strictly, we shall force the In some "neutral countries it rais Hohenzollerns out of business before not yet be understood that the Cer the summer is out.

man soldier has found his master. Having mentioned America Day. The superstition of Prussian suprem-ions from the Liquidators of Messrs. I bought to add that Americans in facy never-rested upon any very firm Jae & Co. in pursuance of an order London are quite delighted with the basis, and now it has been destroyed of the Hongkong Government to sell by fact that they no longer have to for ever.

Fublic Auction at 12 o'clock (Noon) on Mesars. HUCHES and BOUGH, upologise for the attitude of their: "Giving our enemies' credit for all

TUESDAY, The Auctioneers. country. They turned out to cheer the military virtues which they un- Hongkodg, May 9, 1917./ 1777 the King and Queen and their own doubtedly possess, it has none the Ambassador in great free, and the less been clearly shown that brave seats in St. Paul's, where a great shares led by clever ferda can und service of dedication was held, could will be beaten by freemen led by have been allotted three times over. gentlerden.";

There is no question that the speeches of Dr. Page, the American

With the calling up of even the Ambassador and of Mr. Lloyd reserved men, trade for home or The piece or parcel of ground and George, at the American Incheon export becomes more difficult for the premises known as "Lysholt," 104 The Club a few days ago, have made a

present. Influential buyers state Peak, situate near Mount Gough in the widespread impression, and the that several manufacturers in the Colony of Hongkong with an arm of quotations from the German papets Midlands and elsewhere are notifying Land Office as Rural Building Lot. No 124062 square feet and registered in the show that the shafts reached their their clients that unclassified orders 10 mark,

The Man Who Gets There

Is the man who has blood- real rich red blood and plmaty of Ille his body. WATERBURY'S METABOLIZED. COD-LIVER OIL COMPOUND makes blood-late of it- giving, brala nourlabing, strength replenishing blood.

OF ALL CHEMISTS

Pricks==$1.25 rad: 22:35

THE EXPORT TRADE,

THE VALUABLE LEASEHOLD" PROPERTY situate at The Peak, Hongkong, and being Rural Building Lot No. 19.

"Is One Lor The property consists of :-

• The Annual Crown Hent is 8e6.co.

for the genem export trede which The lot is held for the unexpired STILL MOLV MENS

have been on their books sincs last resideo of a term of 75" yours created The weeding out process is still

:མ, ttorein by an indenture of Crown Lense year.

be regarded as caudated the 23rd day of April 1896. going on, sud, abortly we shall be

must now be celled. The argument adduced is having much restricted public ser- vics, such as the delivery of parcels that under the new Governunfent For further particulars and conditions Surplin racehorses and hunters and regulations they are under an obliga of sain apply to Mears. Willemson & pleasure horses generally, we are tion to deci exclusively with busingan Grist, Solicitors for the Liquidaten, or told, must be put down, because they supported by priority

to the undersigned. eat too touch. Only those needed for under A or B I ain

correspondent breeding purposes, or for se

clasification writes

that this position

GEO, PLAMMERT

April 20

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Lea

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