1917-06-26 — Page 3

TUESDAY, JUNE 26, 1917.

Hughes & Hough

▲ FOTIONEERS TO THE GOVERNMENT.

General Auctioneers.

THE CHINA MAIL.

STRENGTH AND ENERGY A REPUBLICAN SOCIETY men or

FOR TIRED "FOLKS

How Run Down, Nerve Sick, Discouraged Men and Women are Finding Now Nerves,

Now Health, New Lifa, -

New Courage

Share, Coal and General Produce WHEN the war clock mng this

Brokers and Commission

Agents.

PROPRIETORS

Wa-Wan

Coal Storago.

Codes used.

Bentley's

4. c. 4th & 5th Editions.

Q.

A Telegraphic Code.

Telegraphic Address KEIRION" HONGEONG.

PUBLIC AUCTION,

TELE Undersigned have received in structions to sell by Public Auction,

01

WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY, the 27th and 8th June, 1917, at 10 mm. cach day, at FM. Naval Yard, and at the Kowloon Dept. The Sale of Olf and Surplus Victualling Stores, also at the Kowloon Depot, will commence on THURSDAY, 29th instant about at 11 m, t. OLD AND SURPLUS NAVAL, and VICTUALLING STORES Comprising :-

Old and Surplus Naval Stures:-One Coal, Lighten Tarrying capacity 150 Tuns), Various Ships and Boats Fitting, Fax Engines. Canvas Rises, Coir Condage, Papperstuf, Canvas Rags. (ld India Rabber, Bout Ours Fir, Carpets, Bugs Blankets, Besistencia, Electric Cable, Old Steel Tubes. Old Iron and Steel, Mineral and "Olive Oil, Ons Cylindera, &c., t.

Old and Sprphis Victualling Stores !--- Provisions, Seamen's Clothing, Blankets, Officers' Mess Traps, (A quantity of Electro-plated Articles and Table Linen,

merning did you bound from bed,

wide awake, hright eyed, clear minded and whistle while you dressed. Did you go to breakfast with the appetite of a horse and leave for work feeling it brimfal of ideas aui energy, ready to do your work with a willi

3

FOR GREAT BRITAIN.

MR. H. G. WELLS' SUGGESTION.

women of clinary almost a religion, the East, en la informativa anil sofamour sense. We do Indialang form of government but the hob heliovo that Republients, feeling" rule of the King Emperor weud alien ever has been general in these countries to the post terabad idonis at all. Et -enab the time when they were wiht tall fove want of support from nonidally a republic. We are quite con prices and from peoples alike, and its dent that no "great volume" of that cellapse would buy in bloodshest and in feeling exists to-day, This..country has ruin all the noble work of Englishmen boun governed coginuously by the con- and of Indians, slave ogg coming. The send of the governed since the downfall very looseness of our Empire makes "the of the Starts, the last unarchs of these golden link of the Crawn noen presiory realms who claimed to right by right to us than in might be to other States. divine. If, as any time hiring the 30 It makes the cohesion with the Sears which have passed since the Bevolu- tion of 1680, there had been a general feeling of the sort, then the governed would have given in effect. The tooling has been very loudly proclaimed at inter

nls from 1790 to 1849, but the men who

The following, in the full laps of the lätter written to "The Dans " recoutly by Mr. E. G. Wells:--

Set you permit me to suggest to your renders that the time is now ripe, und chan it wohl be a thing agreeable to cur friends and. Aldes, the Republiest vzperacies of Franes, Hússia, The United Not if you're the average citizen, You State, all Furtega, to give some clear strotebed and gaped and said, "another expresion to the great voluine of depub day "and you arome slowly fouling vague Low feeling that has always uxisted in ly despondent and uneasy and not bitha Beitish community Hithert that rested. The day's tasks were a thing to thread. Something nasty had crawled has neither needed for found very heure in your mouth and slept there all night formulation. Our Monarchy is a premiar proclaimed it, clover though some of them founded on the will of the people and You had no

2. appetite, your work was mechanical and lacked purpost. True You got in the rat finally and pulled the general Republican feeling has Guind satisfaction in the, asertion that through after a fashion, but you weren't

success and you realized it. You lacked the British system is in its essenes a ambition, energy, vim, nerve force and you couldn't

n't concentrate. There was no Joy or happiness in the day's work or the reward it brought you.

Such symptoms don't necessarily prove that you are ill, but they sts tertuin induations of weakened nerve

A few years ago Margul was awarded Brussels, Belgium. a gold werin and tiploma of honor at

were, have found no echo in the bulk of the nation. The Constitution, breast based upon the people's will," has slowly

*** crowned Republic "; and it is very widened from precedent to procedent.

cohesion the progress, of the crowned democracies" possible. In this way it is itself the surest bulwark and pledge of democracy over'a great part of the globe, Alt denweragies must mould their own stitutions. We have chquen a kingship,

The Bingent any ruling by that will.

semblance between this tried and trusted orgin of popular government and militazist" monarchies on the Hohen.

doubtint whether even in Ireland there. The general feeling, which is Rollern model is to insult the nations of

ix any considerable section disposed to go beyond the implications of that phase. but it will be an excess of evility to the

11

repablica but which is democratic, has been perfectly satisfied with the result. The popularity of the Momirchy enormously increased in the reigns of Queen Victoria and King Edward VII, and it was never rosted here firmly in the hearts of the people than it is today: Loyalty to the Crown, and to the Eluse

The essential charac

this Empire as well as its Imperial Crown. And to argue that the organisation at

republican circles would render us more sympathetic with our por-naynarchi- enl Allies is to pay a wingulariy pour com- pliment both to their knowledze në history and to their intelligenty.

AN INDIÁN VIEW OF REPUBLICS,

At a luncheon served in the banqueting; hall, the Lard Mayor, after the touch of The King-Emperor. Duke of Lancaster.** been honoyed, gave that of Success

te the Indian Empire,"

The Maharaja of likmir, in respond- ing referred to Mr. Wells' letter on i Republicanism which is printed above, and havingquoted from the leafing article |

force and evidence that your nerve cella are not being properly nourished and less acceptable pretensions of Roysity and strengthened. Your whole system mental and physical-is below par anda grave negliggies of our duty to liberal you are only 50 per cent, efficient-just aspirations throughout rõe world it think, half your end sell. In

In such a condition You can teething better or get quickeringen in the british community "Go nation than by, taking a few weeks' gut now take trataba our steps to buck treatment of the wonderful remely i clear to the Repuolickas it kunoges, | who by Aer of Parliament inherit it, is, 442 called Surgel. This is the most remark ably prescription ever found for putting in, and the Auseneda Continent tharf wise in this Empire of denierata as ft is back the "good old pep" in folks who chancent trappings of theone and natured and st Ar chronically tired, devizalized or run down The chief reason for its success saptre are at

1740 14 mere historical terbaje al our constitutional Monarchy. પ is that it contains some of the most in-

inuesituace of cars, and that our

spirit the supretne power of the people exercised portant elements of active living nerto force. Sargol acts quickly.

It gets

zetsis 45/268-733/9 and entirely against the through Parliament. The King has far straightway into your nerve cells and dynastic systrue that has so Kug divided, less personal power than the President blood and freshens and brightens

you

of the Culted States, and the House of rightop. It gives you ambition, courage, sinistered, and wasted the spirit of nud-

Communs has far more power than Con will power and real vital vim and does kind. not emtuin a single babit forming drug;

The need extende beyond even It is always suža, easy. pleasant and

the gress. All real power is ennénerated in

"The Times" on the subject cop- eflicirns. A. S. Watson & Co. Ltd.

reassuring establishment of a' commuz the Ministry, and it is not the King Whe timeda-duzi we look with anything bud The Victoria Dispensary, The Pharmacy. Queen's Dispensary, The Edward Dispirit with the French, Russian; Ameri- makes aad unmakes Ministers, out the serious alart upon any suggestion for posary and Trading chemists every edu, and Portuguese Republicans, The majority of the Eluase. It is the Cult weakening tig very foundations, of the when sell it tablets to a package

our policy, foreign und ending of this war involves many per-whe Arame

system which has weldesi, closer together- manent changes in the condition of domestic. It is they who appoint to all

în ever-increasing strength the various Eastern Europe and Western Asia. Igreat positions in the State and in the parts of the Empite sin, sunshine and in purticular there" is the question of the Chain. The command, of our Fleets and storm? Yesert (Cheers. As one com- future of the reinited Polish people. Armies, the chicice of our representativesing from a country where our sarved | The time hus puse to say clearly that abroad, the selection of the Judges, the teaching, our sentiments, and bur truli- the prospect of setting up some pet patronage of the Civil Service, the toas deeply inspire us with veneration, barch." some fresh intriguing little comicution of the officers of the King'affection, and devotion for the Sagyreiga. evndin of everybody," as a King in own household, the grant of titles and should We to take this, the first Poland is as disgusting to liberal thought of hozours, are all in their ads. They opportunity of puhdely declaring, in the is Great Britain as it is to liberal thought make these appointóments, it is true, "ini

most unhesitating terms, that the views everywhere else in the world. We have the form of recommendations to the and the suggestions of the writer will be had two object-lessons in Bulgaria and Crown; but Ministers are responsible for repudiated with scorn and locked upon of the endless mischief chess them, not to the Crown, but to Palia with, extreme repugnauce themghout the dynastic graftings cansé. «Bulgaria is by ment. Without the support of the House Indian Empire. The saying this I speak. astare a peussat democracy a sturdy and of Commons as Ministry could hold office not only for my brother Princes and potentially as pacine as the Swiss. A for a week, and the House, in turn, gyself, but alser for the masses of India King has always been a sateage upon absolutely dependent upon the con-und for the Indian Army, Alead cheers., the ancient Republican traditions of Athens. So long as Russly chose to be repeated by a Tour and to permit an implicit support of the Greek" mongruhy through him, long were British publicists deburred from a plain expres sing" of "theit, minds' in this connection.

AUCTION.

PUBLIC AUCTION.

HE Undersigned, have rocaívód instruc

Implements, Senmens Mess Utensils, Tones to sell by Public Auction, Cooperage Articles, Oak Staver, že, de. Terms of Sale-As detailed in the Catalogue.

On view from Tuesday, 28th inst. Catalogues will be issued.

HUGHES & HOUGH, By Appointment Auctioneers to the

Admiralty. Bongkong, June 20, 1917.

1508

PUBLIC AUCTION.

(KE ACCOUNT OF THE CONCERNED)

од

SATURDAY,

the 30th June, 2017, at 10.30 am., at theil Sales Rooms, No.

Dee Freux Road, Corner of Ice House Street,

וי ·

18

A COSMUFNENT' OF BOUSEHOLD LINEN, '.

&c., "Consisting of

ا تا نگاه

Bed Sheets Cushion Covers, Bed HE Undersigned have received in-spreads, Table Cloths and Serviettes,

structions to sell by Public Auction. Dusters, Glass Clotle, Towels, &c.

Also (302 ACCOUNT OF THE CONCERNED),

sa

FRIDAY,

he 99th June, 1917, at a po, nt No. 1, Great George Street, East Point, (next door to Ice House). SUNDEY

HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE,

therein contained.

Consisting of :-

Weakwood Sideboard (Bevelled Mirror), 2 Teakwood Wardrobes (Detblo Bevelled

Mirrors), 2 Brass Fenders and Brasscs.

Teak Overmantel, Copper Boiler, Copper Fish Kettle, Cooking Utensils, de, &e,

Terms: Cash..

HUGHES & HOUGH,

Auctioneers. Hongkong, June 25, 1917.

PUBLIC AUCTION.

1912

BY direction of the Government of Hongkong Messrs. HUGHES and HOUGH have received instructions to Dell by Public Auction,

On

MONDAY,"

the 13th day of August, 1017 at 3 P.M.

at their Sales Room, Ies House Street,

Victoria, Hongkong

The Following. VALUABLE LEASE- HOLD PROPERTY situate at Victorin Hongkong Viz

ALL THOSE pieces or parcels of ground situste at Victoria aforesaid and known and registered in the Land Odice 25" BECTION" A OF MARINE LOT

· NO. 101° and SECTION "B" OF MARINE LOT NO. 101 Together with the messages erections and buildings' thereon, known as No. 7 Queen's Road Contral, Vistoria aforesaid Term 990 years created by a Crown Lease dated the 8th day of April 1986.

Ares in respect of Fection "A of Marine Lot No. 101--6445" sq. ft." Proportion of Annual Crown Bent

Ares in respect of Section B of Murine Lot No 101175 Proportion of Annual Crown Gent 80-70. For further particulars and conditione of sale apply to

JOBNJUN, STOKES & MASTER,

Prince's Buildings,

Ice House Street, Hongkong Bolicitors for the Liquidator of THE DEUTSCE Asiatikute BaskS

MCBSA BUCRES and BOUGH

#lacakong, May

A number of Lady's Blouses,

Anh.

A quantity of Lace Curtains. Terms: Cush

HUGHES & RUCGE.

Auctioncm Hengkong, June 22, 1917.

AMAH WANTED." |

wwwwwwp

1904

||

WOMEN, AT LLOYD'S.

tituencies. The system in the Demaiora is the same. It is overnments the propte ir a thoroughly effective fimul & has paling a woman with the

militarist kingship of the Continent, OECTIONS TO THEM ENTERING except that the Crown is hereditary in

THE FLOOR"

both. Those monarchies are mischievous,

But now the case is altered. It is. I am not because they are hereditary, but 'stuvineed, "it isolish. libel upon a dis-'.

interested and devoted monarch to hint "because they invest the King and his personal advisers with irresponsible that the preposteroļas Tino has now

It is in order to control the

& single friend at Court among, the Allies--powers.

The per fraternization of the itish exercise of this despotic authority that peoples and the Greek Republicans is the Hobenzollerns have dously Ces rondent SEW AMAR wh

MAN any Lady recommend a first practicable, necessary, and overdue. cultivated close family relationships with For the demonstration of such senti-the minor dynasties, The war has understands En:lish to-

me and sympathies as these, for the startled the demperacies. by its revelation advancement of the ends i have indicated, of the danger which comes from, this and for the encouragement, of o Repub-secret society of dynusts; but the root of lizan morgent in Central Europe some the evil is that its members are

immediate organization is required in constitutional Kings but would-be Great Britain. To begin with, it might antorata, pursuing autocratic ideals under

M21. ELDON POTTER

133. The Penk. Hongkong, June 23, 1917. 2005

KEATING'S

KILLS

BUGS FLEAS MOTHS BEETLES

TINS 361

The Man Who

Gets There

Te the man who has blood Teal dich red blood and "plenty of -- Vis body.

VATERBURY'S METABOLIZED COD LIVER OIL COMPOUND

rakes

"giving.

ots of it—lifa

bing blood.

CHEMISTSA

ant

i

last admitted to Lloyd's in suggested by The possibility of woner being at

Major Rothschild, M.P. In expressing bis intention to bring to the City. Lanal Tribunal the cases of Lloyd's employees who had been

4 being in rertified occupations,

exemajor Rothschild

hay

N!

"I see no reason why women should not go into the rooms on behalf of firms." On inquiry an Evening Standard re- presentative learned that a ve y l ïze number of female clerks are already employed by the various firms associated with Lloyd's Bitberto, however, there has been a rigid raie against their hav ing access to

the Lloyd's rooms where the main business is transacted.

Surprise, however, was expressed at the impression which some of

of the re marks at the tribunal seemed to convey. that Lloyd's rule against the admittance of women to the main business: quarters

exemption anomalies. Between 3,000 and

INTIMATIONS

Appropriate, always.

With certain dishes, such as Game, LEA & PERRINS SAUCE is aluevs appropriate It is the recognised sauce for such use.

In fact, for everything with which a sauce can be used. LEA & PERAINS' is invariably the BEST. It has a rehaement of flavour

that suits the most delicate. dishes and appeals to the most exacting palates.

Lea Perrins

The Original & Genuine WORCESTERSHIRE.

THE EVER POPULAR HOUSEHOLD REMEDY

Which, has now borne the. Stamp of Public Approval for OVER FORTY YEARS.

ENO'S FRUIT SALT

PLEASANT TO TAKE,

REFRESHING AND INVIGORATING.

IT IS VERY BENEFICIAL IN ALL CASES OF Billousness, Sick Headache, Constipation," "Errors in Diet-Eating or Drinking, Thirst, Giddiness, Rheumatic or Gouty Poison, Feverish Cold, with High Temperature and Quick Pulse, and Feverish Conditions generally. It is everything you could wish as a simple and Natural Health-giving Agent.

Prepared only by

J. C. ENO, Ltd., 'Fruit Salt Works, London, England"

SOLD BY CHEMISTS AND STORES EVERYWHERE.

AUCTION.

AUCTION.

PUBLIC AUCTION.

THE Undersigned has received instruc

tlons from the Liquidators of Messre. JEBEEN & Co. in pursuance of an order of the Hongkong Government to sell by

take the form of a series of loosely a coautitutional: mask, To compare king-created certain 400 meʊ, our relecting by Public Auction Sale, to be Fublic Auction at 15 o'clock Woon) on

affiliated Republican Societies," centring, ship of this type with our constitutionul in our chief towns, which could enrol Monarchy is to confine names with members, organize meetings of sympathy realities,

WE.

yet

PUBLIC AUCTION.

DARTICULARS and Conditions of the presentative gathered, have already gone hold on TUESDAY, the 3rd day of

Lloyd's to the front. A big pro July 1917, 3 portion of the residue comprises youths the Fublic Works Department, by Order of 3. p.m. at the Offices of not

eligible for military training His Excellency the Governor, of One Lob with our fellow-Republicans abroad, and prize and reverence the Monarchy with a comparatively small sprinkling of CROWN LAND above Bowen Road, because it is the thread which runs of men of military age who have had to in the Colony of Hongkong, for form the basis of more definitely purpose though the wonderful story of our be retained owing to expert knowledge terms of 75 years, with the option of fal activities. Such activities need not

of the firm's methods and business in- encewal at s' Crown Rant to be fixed by the conflict in any way with ene's free loyalty national lie. Hut we value it for praeterests. Even from this residue, it is Sarveyes of His Majesty the King, for one to the recupant of the Throne of this tical ransons as well. We know and feel declared, the men are from time to time further term of 75 years.

being thinned out for military service. crowned Eepublic-Very sincerely that the Crown the indispensable key."

A standing objection, to women enter-

yours,

stone of the Empire. It binds the whole ing the floor of Lloyd's, it is pointed out,

is the fact that the space is. Jimited of the rast fabric together and other businem is transseted at tremendously institution does or can do. It appeals to the great salf-governing States beyond the seas as it appeals to us at home. All of them are democracica and advanced democracies. All look to the King as the supreme symbol of the city and the The Times in Irading article on nationality of the Empire. Toy too are the letter says

B. G. WILLE..

Easton Glebe, Dunmow, Essex..

COMMENTS ON THE LETTER

THE GOLDEN LINK.”

crowned democracies," and they rejnice The letter which we print in this issue that they are crowned The Grown in no from Mr. H. G. Wells shows that clover who fetters their perfect freedom, and it FIFE GAA SOMetimes write foolishly. Immeasurably strengthens the union of If we do its author the disservice of the fress sisters which is the pride and the making it public, it is in sales to show greatness of us all In the Crown the absurdity of republican, mani. Colonies, it is more important still the festations in this country. Great Rocial trec onder whose majestic shade liberty and political upheavals variably exercise is sheltered in its growth. To the greatest

certain influens upon the whole.com Dependency of all to the monwealth of aations The Russia Indian Empire, our greatest responsibility Revolution is no azesption to the rule,

and our proudest caro ship by fand we all know that, even în ”En

Komemorial tradition the all. Aurte

order

prost

the constitutios

high pressure, with unavoidable bustling and jostling.

Mingled in the long, cager, crushing queues of brokers and brokers' clerks waiting their turn to state their bumness to the underwriters, it is suggested that selves in a congenial business element, female clerks would hardly find the

especially on some unusually exciting business days.

THE BOOK OF LIFE.,

A novel method of commemorating the

Particulars of the Low.

BONBARTY!

Läpproximate).

sanremontas

Contents

(about)

*1940.

members of the church who have fallen OVERLAND CHINA MAIL" in the war has been adopted at Brixton Congrega'sonal "Church. A "Liber Vite line beerfcompiled-in Eliminated volume contuning the names and brie! biographies of each man who has Icst his Bite. It is hoped the book will remain on The Commonior, table of the

church, or all time. The idea of the

Book of Life is entirely scripturality being the custom among the ear! Christians thes to record the names of those whom the Church vishet

aced, an

THE WEEKLY EDITION OF THE

"CHINA MAILE

ALATHE NEWS”

OF THE WELE

TUESDAY,

the 1st day of July, 1917, at his Sales Roomis, DUDDELL STELET,

THE VALUABLE LEASEHOLD PROPERTY situate at The Peak Hongkong, and being Bural Buildin Lot No. 19.

IN ONE LOT The property consists of

The piece or parcel of ground and premises known as Lysholt," 104 The Peak, situato near Mount Gough in the Colony of Hongkong with an area of 124032 square feet and registered in the Land Office se Rural Building Lot No.

The lot in beld for the unexpired residue of a term of 75 years created tkarein by an indenture of Crown Lesse dated the 23rd day of April 1898.

The Annual Crown Rent is $85.00,

For further particulars and

of sale apply to Messrs. Wilkinson "Grist, Solicitors for the Liqu

to the undersigned;

GEO P

Hongkong, Apr 30, 1877

FRENCH LESSONS