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TUESDAY, JUNE 19. 1917.

Hughes & Hough

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THE Undersigned have received in structions to sell by Public Auction, (PoE ACCOUNT OF THE CONCERNED).

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SATURDAY,

the 23rd June, 1917, at 1020 was....

at their Sules Rooms, No. 2, -

Des Voeux Road, Corner of

lee House Street, MISUELLANEOUS STOCK,

*Comprising -

A variety of Dress Materials including Blue and White Serge, Alpaca (file, Black and White), Prints, Holland White Linen Drill & Counterpane, Blankets, Handkerchiets, Towels, Toilet Soap, Perfumery,

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And Sun Hats, Panama Hats, Lady's.SIE Hones, &c., c.

Term Cast.

BUGHES & HOUGH,

Auctioneers. Hongkong, June 16, 1917.

PUBLIC AUCTION,

WHAT TO DO WHEN

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THE CHINA MAIL.

F.M.S. RUBBER IN 1916.

ENEMY'S SYNTHETIC PRODUCT: GÜLTIVATION AND TAPPING.

The Director of Ageïculture, `P.3.§., in his report states

The price of plantation rubber has alcal, consistently high throughout the year, and in spite of high freight rates and higher west of materials on this side the profits tontinue to be very consider. able. "Estates cochinus to show simir. ble key now in kucing their cost of presductions; and it has now senched' 'a

HOW THE END WILL COME.

· THE RHINE- BOGEY.

righbourhood: sama of them in France. out them in Civeting, and a few of then, sorked with German capital, in the Grand Duchy of Laxemburg—the Borisine frontier running right through the middle of the deposits. From those mines thus Chersons are now extrueting no less thans seven-eighth of the icen used for tlus attire of their shells and gas.

than ours, have paight bundle then të pub up a very formidul:to tight. They have found a substitute for copper they extraut-glycering fengvinsilk and nuts hud (sunflower seed, and distal it from the A Physician's Advice

corpses of the slain rund, they hold mines RN and women who suffer from

M. Francis Bribie says canticam | Which produse “an, alumdange of, iran. weak nerves, who tire easily, can't sleep hare brain fag low vitality

rities continually warn us that those who Bat there mines are the crux of the sinn- Enomi weariness loss of strength, dulled

rely upon the blockade of Germany for tion. The zines which muster are those Kunhition, lack of will power use from

victory are founing upen a broken red, of the Cassiti de Briey, and rant of the those symptoms that so surely arise poor, unsteady unstrung nerves, or

that Germany capot by starved into any-blastionices which matter are in that nerve force mi low, should I try taking a littles Sarget with their meals for a few

thing worse thais discntators but must be days and note results. This preparationf

beaten in the field on the western front is the greatest ginger-up stimulant and

They picture Germany fighting energetic nerve vitalizer ever known for putting the good old pep" ambition, courage

rearguard actions all the way back to the and real vital energy into a tired, run- | down and shattered nervous system.

Rhino and then putting up a desperate Here is a test worth trying. The next on some of the older plantation defence behind that inal barrier.. it is time you feel tired, blue, or when your than a few years ago would have her.

picture which really belongs to those early nerves are fairly crying out, take two evidered impossible. Kugours of the days of the war when even the experts Sargol tablets. Then wait for just ten minutes, and tote results. Sargol secus successful production of synthetic ribed factors of which even the layman to go straight to the nerve cells and

ber vonlinne to mach as from Germany, starts work the minute it reaches them. It brings a ten minute change from thathat judging from the tone of the Gersona awful

dull, weak, by, don't-give-a-hung ectrespondents in Anticun Fubar feeling to brightness, strength, headedness and courage. It calms and papers, the production of this has me strengthens the tenres of people who yet reached the stage when it is of any get the "jumps" and": fidgets, and gives them poise, power and tremendous practical value to the Central Empires. reserve energy, Sargol is absolutely must be kept in view, however, that harmless, contains no habit-forming the well-trained German chemists must drugs, and is always mais, casy, pleasant and efficient. A. Watson & Co. Ltd., br spurred on to enormous efforts by the The Victoris Dispensary, The Pharmacy, military demands of their country, and Queen's Dispensary; The Edward Dis

and many other leading that commercial competition of synthetic pensary, chemists in Flangkong and vicinity sell with plantation rubber is one of the

possibilities of the tunery.

it in 40 tablets to a package.

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THE Endaraigned has received instruc tions from the Liquidators of Messrs. JEASES & Co. in pursuince of an order of the Hongkong Government to sell by Fublic Auction at 12 o'clock (Noon) on TUESDAY,

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the 31st day of July, 1917, it hish Sales Roopas, DUDDELL STEZET. HE VALUABLE LEASEHOLD 1888 || PROPERTY situate at The Penk, Hongkong, and being Rural Bailding

THE Undersigned have received in-

(FOR ACCOUNT OF THE CONQKANID),

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SATURDAY,

the 23rd June, 1917.

can cow revenise the importance. Ipon that in they are absoletely [dependent," The mines of Silesia do not may or may not be possible to starve Germany ines submission. Only the produce enougle "ino-do net pidics rulers of Germany know whether there is nearly enough iron-to enable them to It is imposible for them to Dowlod in the country to last until carry on. the peat harvest; and perhaps even they not kaos is. Few they at any rate cannot lay their fingers beforehand on the point which hinger soldering disconect a blaze up into destructive damo J

will

SUNTAL, AND MUNITIONS,

insport anything like the quantity which they require from Swedet: while Austria needs such iron as she has for her own

canse cars. It was' stated, in fact, in the

memorandum addressed to the Chansellor in May in, by six industrial wiseta.

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does that if these iron mines had to be į;.

During my stay at hitte, I took the

At the same time anyone who froobies Inbindoued the war,would be ne geval us opportunity of voting & amber at the- kuiba want je knowable may feel quite lost." largest rubber works in England and sure that the Ithias fortresses are not Sootland, and the variety of uses going to snuble Germany to hold out for Now those mines are quite near the (which plantation: rubber is being piss interns. The High Command on doubt present line of entrenchments. “A short | Montgomery Ward & Co. is the only concorn in the United States able, to connecting with the war was extremely would pretes, that expedient to surrender ivandt from Verding in the direction of faecure for its customers these low rates, because we are the only merchants in the noticeable.

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Buy in Chicago, where the world's cheapest prices prevail warfare-thes they cantus adopt it even direction of Langwy

Realising the

Thinning has been maintained on shest states in Malaya, and, generally

Our entalogue, a book of nearly 1,000 pages, is in the hands of avery with consideralila benght. Many plantat the starention difficulty en hesurfaces and their jeader, Hindenburg tions even cow delus taking action on megated. To per a paradoxically even hangs on in front of Verdun, using that American Missionary, and on Ele at every American Consulate. It is sent fres thys line in fear of the resaltarem-if the hins lins were impregnable, fipoint as a piver while he swings back the upon request to our home office, dt naay be obtained upon personal application to porary deurense in syield. It is, in my could not be hebt in the conditione which rest of his line. As yet he has put heen. B. Tolman, 911 Urbiztondo, Mauil, P.I.; Wells Fargo & Co., Rojas Bldg... opinico, a great mistake to posfy this will prevail when it is reached. It is #sgnifest there. But is it to be sapped very necessary queration: the Lager it these conditions not the strength of the that we will be, lett permanently in un fortresses which we have to bear in mind troubled occupation of the the district if we want to lock into the future" and which it is obstately imperative for hiza consider how the rud will comes Food to odmpy ? Obviously it is not and there is no reason to suppose that his position questions "a pārr, "Germany's power of resistance is lindted by wo things the there for anywhere else, for thist matter) moral of the trope and the supply (os will prove a more diffiguli qut to crack

is left the more diffieut it heromes and

the are damage is done to the remain- ing wees, whigh take much longer to Freover what should be

the normal growth. Thiening out shanall be sührted The piece or parcel of ground and as soon as the trees are brought into

Lot No. 19.

IN ONE LOT The pipperty consists of 1—

13.

area of

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Tstructions to sell by Public Auction, premises known as "Lysbolt, 104 The capping, and should be continued rush

Feuk, situate neur Mount Gough in the less you by year until the pestment Colony of Hongkong with an 124032 square feet and registered in the Bomber af tre it is desired to retalp Land Ötties as Rural Building Lot. Nor nerv.is seeseed This, of course,

vary sourding to oil and conditiota,

Arrangements have been poule for arrying out an experiment at L'astleton patite on the value it chinning out, Four blocks, comprising in all 40 acres, have been selected, at the yields frts

at 12 Noon, at their Sales Rooms, No.

Des Vieux Road, Corner of

Ice House Street,

A CONSIGNMENT OF,

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*MANGANESE PUTTY»

(will be sold in small lots to suit

intending purchasers),

Terms ---Cxah.

HUGHES & HOUGH,

Auctioneers.

Hongkong, June 16, 1917.

PUBLIC AUCTION.

1840

BY direction of the Government of

The it is held for the unexpired residue of a term of 75 years created „therein by an indenture of Crown Lease

dated the 3rd day of April 1896.

The Annual Crown Rent is 885.00:

For further particulars and conditions

A

VAITH-

munitacany If the titman armies eco-thun, Vimy Ridge Whether they are time to le pannered as they are being stormel or varned--whether their

now it is a safe prediction that tion is forced a litle sooner or a little" haered the entils will give out before, the Tater a matter of detail. The ential ood gives out. They will po doubt give¦¦, that, whereas local decisions are at the faster because, the food is scarce.

possible at any point on the gap this is Inethetent for undered workers are

la pojut at which a devising" adverse sol workers in sunnition factories x elses Germany woubio be "conclosive and where, but the collupserill surely roomrastantaneous in its erīnuta, in both departments before the last crust the derman grip on the iron mines is

of sale apply to Messrs. Wilkinson & each block as being recorded separately or the last turnip has been eaten. Let us

to the undersigned.

try to see how this will happen and with what unavoidable military resalts.

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INCREASED SÜRÜLENDERS

When once

relaxed the end will be in sight because Germany will no longer be able to mate shells as fust as she will goal to fire them off. Aurritin will then be speeded up till lavories cubajst, and the much-talked. of stand on the Rhine, will prove to be

for six months after Which perial two Grist, Solicitors for the Liquidators, orks will be thinned out while two will

resin na controls. .0

Tapping Tentinues to be the subject of; much experineas and more discussion,

fair are collecting 1748 degrees' pe

fuamant' of stupiriml knowledge on this subject, in antil we have the stad hunger is accompanied by retreat, and the elete outcome of pervous brugian. I

GEO. P. LAMMERT.

Auctioneer Hongkong, April 30, 1017.

Hongkong Messrs. HUGHES and JAPANESE" MAKERS HOUGH bave received instructions ti rell by Public Auction.

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MONDAY,

the 13th day of August, 1917 at 3 r.. at their Sales Room, Ice House Street, Victoria, Hongkong.

The Following VALUABLE LEASE- HOLD PROPERTY situste at Victoria Hongkong Via :-

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ALL THOSE pieces or parcels of ground situate at Victoria aforesaid, and known and registered in the Land Office SECTION A OF MARINE LOT NO. 101 and SECTION "B" OF MARINE LOT NO. 101 Together with the messunges erections and buildings therson known as No. 7 Queen's Road Central Victoria aforesaid. Term 900 years created by Crown Lease dated the 8th day of April 1956.

Area in respect of Section" "À” of | Marine Lot No. 1016445 8q. ft. Proportion of Annual Crown Bent $8443

Area in respect of Section "B" of Marine Lot No. 101-875 9q. ft. Proportion of Annual Crown Rent 86.75

For further particulars and conditions of sale apply to-

JOHNSUN, STOKES & MASTER,

Prince's Buildings,

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Ice House Street, Hongkong. Solicitors for the Liquidator of THE DEUTSCH ASIATISCHE BANK,

or to Mesars HUGEES and BOUGH,

The Auctioneers, Hongkong, May 9, 1917.

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devote more attention to work on the fphysiology of the rubber trge, we cannot

hope to deal with it on a scientific on

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Hunger by itself is injurious to moral, bir aot necessarily antal to it.

When

retreat is accclenced by defeat, and is perceived to be an occasion of joy to the whoir isilised world, the complete

it is not to be exprete that any re system of moping will, ever be generally lapse of arral isimminent; the mort adopted; it is obvious, for insulnce, that this must vary according to the number

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GERMANY'S "NERVES."*

iron discipline, are a people temperu!

Under the heading Nerves." the

of trees maintained per sore and accords "mentally inclined to collective panie. Aud

ing to soil conditions, quality of tapping when trorul givey, two consequences will military critic of the Yussische Zeitung"

or any factor that fuences Lark re

ler and wholesale

dwell on the so-called unfounded " newal. It is posible that favourably follow: wholesale surn situated states, with a small number desetion. Latterly we have had more excitement which, together with many of trees to the acré, may be able to tap instances of Germen non-commisioned letters he has revised from readers, over half the wireumference of the tree cheers encouraging surrender instead of "proves that the nerves of many readers daily for many years without injury stw resisting it, and a fendency of that kind are suspiciously beginning to give way."" by so doing seere Barger yield than by

is always more likely to spread than to be He continues --- following a more conservativa ayxtem. į

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Everyone today knows that we are. waging a wir of defence againit a gigantic superiority. Aft is impossible for

On the other hand, I have weer estales checked. When once the Gerinan Army where it was obvious that the bark re as ready to surrender as the Austria moval was se slow that not more than one out on a quarter at a circumference will be tenante anywhere. Simultaneously always with flying bankiers to march frin

ne be maintained.

cut, on

Army has shown itselt no line of defences

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Super-imposed us are going ons of with the iperesse of renders we may victory to victory. This war is a struggle favour and the favourite systems now are look for an increase in the number of of life and death, ant of equal against one cut on one-quarter or one-third or on desertions into retiral countries. That qual. We know that we, us regarda numbers and strength of material, are one-half for alternatively one each of turn uljacent quarters) of a tree of thing, though there has been inferior, but we have firm confidence that Daily tapping is coming into greater good deal of it, has heen limited by the we, as a whole, possess the nerves which, favour as compared with that on alternate fear that deserters might eventually be us" Marshal von Hindenburg says. days..

fetched out of Holland. Denmark, or necessary for final victory. Every Ger. Ta addition to the experients already switzerland, and dealt with by court-not to shutter this strengil of nerves, even man behind the frons surild endeavour

in hand, an experiment, on old trees, to

..

are

show the effect of a single cut on a quar, martial. Presently, when German defeat it any military event does not turn, out ser aguizas a single V on half the trees more visibly assured that fear will as he desires. Confidence in our supreme.

tively was commenced at Batu Tigné À

LESSONS opped daily and alternate days, respectfult, to bie groundles, and then we ally mimy soimmaad is and 'vermains the matin

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Identical with good nerves. thing. This confidence we may conside

set of five tapping experimenta, is see strange things got only soldiers but duplicate, was started at Kuala Lumpur, munition workers crossing the various The writer, continuing, mys: The in April, and of eight different systems, frontiers, not in hundreds as hitherto, situation around. Arras is just what we in duplicate, at Weld's Hill in May. In but in thousands and tens of thousands might expect. The reverse near. Arras khese, testa "all" `excessivo metliqda of",

clearly proves the man who has follow in quest of xafety and bread, the sentries ed all events of the world-war, in its topping have been eliminated and the period, allowed for bark renewal, od posted to turn the fugitives back helping details, how right Marshal von Hinden young trees is five years, and four them to tear down the barbed wire and burg's retreat was What has happened months. A comparison of the yields of deserting with them. The Dutch, at pear Arras wld have happened on the rubber obtained from a unit area of bark. Jenat, make no secret of their apprehen: Somme. There is na reznedly against the entire front to the far south of the at different heights of the tree. is in pro ges. A comprehcrsive series of tents son that some embarrassment of that sort immense superiority of heavy artillery le bring ronducted or Castleton Fatafe is in store for thein.

and Eats Tiga to show the difference in

tatal yield of rubber obtained from tap-

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