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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1917.

Hughes & Hough

LUCTIONEERS TO THE GOVERNMENT.

General Änctioneers Wháre, Coal and General Produce

Brokers and Commission

Agants.

PROPRIETORS wa-Wan* Coal Storage..

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Telegraphic Address "MEIRION" KONGKONG.

PUBLIC AUCTION,

FIHE Undersigned have received, instruc How to sell by Public Auction,

(P01 ACCOUNT OF TRI-CONCERNIV).

va

MONDAY,

the 1st October, 1917, at 10.45 u, uhur Sales Rooms, No. 8,

Das Varx Rean, Corner of

Ico Hun Street TWO LARGE HAND-

Terme-Cash.

PRINTING PRESSES. HUGHES & HOUGH,

Auctioneers Hongkong. Sept. 21, 1917.

9120

PUBLIC AUCTION.

THE Undersigned Fave received in- structions to sell by Public Auction, fro3 ACCOUNT OF THE CONGIUNLU),

MONDAY,

the 1st Detober, 1917, at 10.45 m

at their Sales Rooms, No.. d

Des Voeux Road, Corner of

TCE HOUSE STREET.

The following SUNDRY, GOODS:

100 long handled Wood Axes

150 Pick Axe Heads,..

Three Leather Machinery Belts,

100 Dry Cell Batteries,

35 dez. Mouth Organs,

Galvanized Piping Shackles, Wirs,

Padlocks, Whistles,

&c.,

ke. Aix

A large quantity of Enamelled Cooking Utensils,

....

And

4 complete Telephones, together with China Insulators, Cross Arms, and 2 coils of Wire.

Tram-Cash..

HUGHES & HOUR,

Auctiona Honakong, Sept. 21, 1917.

PUBLIC

AUCTION.

#

2120

HE Undersigned have received in- Txtractions to sell by Fublic Auction.

(FOR ACCOUNT OF THE CONCERNAP).

..1

md

WEDNESDAY,

the 3rd October, 1817, commencing. at 230 pm, at their Sales Rooms, No. 8 | Des Voeux Road, Comer of

Io. Horz STREET,

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AUCTIONS.

PUBLIC AUOTION,

DARTICULARS and Conditions of the *“lothing by: Publis Auction Sala, to bo hald en MUNDAY; the 1st day of October, 1917, at 3 p.m., at the Office of the Public Works Department, by Order of Bis Excallaney the Governor, of One Lot

CROWN LAND at Nathan Road, Kowloon, in the Colony of Hongkong, for a term of 15 years, with the option of renewal at a Crown Rant to be fixed by the Surveyor of His Blajesty the King, for one further term of 25 years,

G.

· „Farbieniars of the Loti

Boundary

Venan PerseDİL

(Approximate)

R

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THE CHINA MAIL.

THE MAGISTRACY.

·ALLEGED BLACKMATE.

Mr. Dyer Bali ysatarday Heart) a essa which a Chinese physician charged the editor of the "Macao Press.... {a} Chinese paper) with demanding money with menaces.

Davidros defended.

Mr. Mattingly prosecuted and Mr. F

The case for the grosecution was that the defendant was alleged to have called on the complainant several times and threatened him that unless he paid defendant the sum of $200, defendant

RUSSIAN AMAZONS"

HEROISM

·GALLANT CHARGE ON GERMAN

ALINES,

POISON RATIONS IN CASE OF CÁRTURE.

Mr. W. . Shepherd. Petrograd enred pondent of the United Press of America, has sent the following message through the Exchange Telegraph Company ........

On Saturday evening, lying aide by side in beds, iri, the town hospital, were five would insert certain disparaging girls of the Legion of Death. They were paragraphs which had already apering from shell-shock, gli paralysed peared in Koogmoon papers and in various parts of their bodies..... furthermore he would publish in his One pendant girl had a German helmet paper llegations regarding the combeside her. "I saw a German"in Trous plainant which would be far more of me," she thid me," and stabbed him damaging to his reputation than thish my bayonet and pulled the trigger first. Complainant then applied to Mr. Mattingly for advice and a trap was got for defendant. Complainant that acceded to defendant's request and delightedly. asked him to call at his house for the gial money.

A Chinese detective WES stationed, in the next room when the defendant called. Complainant gave defendant. two marked bank notes of $100 esül. As soon as defendant left the room the Chinese detective arrested him.

13,200 1522

PUBLIC AUCTION, DARTICULARS and Conditions of the

Letting by Public Auction Sale, to ba

held on TUESDAY, the 5th day of October,

1917, at 3 2.3. at the Offices of the Pubhe Works Department, by Order of Ha Excellency the Governor, of One Lot of "CROWN "LAND at Nathan Bourl, Bow- loon, in the Colony of Hongkong, for a term of 75 years, with thủ option of renewal at a Crown Rent to be fixed by the Surveyor of His Majesty the King, for ona further term of 75 years.

Inality.

Registr

-No of Sale,

Particular of the Let.

Boundary Mena

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TO LET

TO LET

Square feet

110

Upsel Price

After bearing some of the evirlenco His Worship adjourned the case.

EYIL SPIRITS AND THEIR CURE.

REMINDER OF THE DARK AGES.

Fangoon, Aug..90.

Dr. Po The and thres of his Burmese disciples are in palies eustody on a charge

at the same time.. I killed kimi qud sok

his hat as we souvenir,“ She smiled

**What did the battle look like ?" "said. mother girl." It was very nervous work just before, we charged. I knew the anter to charge was coming, and I think I got

little frightened, but as soon 10 thủ order came I fort everything and ran forward and heard lots of girls yelling and shouting to advance. None of us were afraid when we started shooting.

I

Terrific big shells were breaking all,

The first dead man around. irightened me a little, but we had to jump over corpses, and soon forgot themi.”.

́I talked to a third girk, who described the taking of German prisoners. could not tell what was going on any where, he said.. Mme. Bolehkarwen was everyyhere among us, calling upon us to fight, to die like Russian soldiers,

LESA'S SELF-SACRIFICE.

Suddenly we saw a bunch of Chormans

of murder in Sagaing. The story as right ahead of us. Then they pay our related to the police shows how super-midst, or we were all around them. They! stitious the Burmans are. It appears threw down their rides, ting up their that an elderly Burmese wortan was killed and her daughter waES

hunds. dangerously mjured by the Burmese doctor and his three

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They were terribly" frightened, Good God, women: they exclaimed.*~~ Another girl said the German wonnded raised theselves on thele, elbows, shoot.tions and Order for the Army the pro ing at them. We forget ourselves Rected meeting of the Workers and younger

Soldiers Union would be an offence. Bat bad thtee #ister

We were not cursleves whom one, is Hine, was soffering from were Bussin fighting for her lite.":

even if the wording of the rules were a ulcerous leg. Ma Kyon naked the The loss of Lena, a most popular men doctor to treat her. The doctor's father bar at the Company, was keenly felt.

bus dacoit wag Maung An Gyi, a notorions

Sin aged 50 and is. Ero caughters cf entirely.

ho was pardoned by Government after During the battle she heard me. the annexation of Upper Barma. De Botghkaqeva had been killed, and she Fo Tha is alledged to have been when dushed forward, saying. I am going $140 young: & disciple of a hypoungy, from find her. She went across a space where

༤ whom he received. instructions in the shelfs were dying A big shell blew he art of casting out devils, add spirits. **The physician placed a betel leaf into fragments, his hand, and after beating it thrice Soaia Romanoff, & concert "Hinger, Was gave it to Ma Htae to eat. When she killed by machine-gun fire. The exact said it was hot he pronounced her to death list is not yet published. It appears be possessed of an evil spirit and apat in that at least a dozen big shells felt among her face and slapped her several

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times.

INTIMATIONS

given a diferent interpretation by quib FIRST CHURCH OF Bling lawyers, the net of the Defence of

the Realm Act is surely wide raough.

to cetell those who participate in any way.

in the programme of an organisation of which the very title proclaims ika regularity. To the plain man what may be expected of the Workers" und Soldiery" Union is a deliberate attempt to bring } about in this country a recolution on Finex somewhat similar to those which have trendy proved so disastrons in Russia.

CHRIST, SCIENTIST,

OF HONGKONG

ANNOUNCES A FREE LECTURE,

He then passed her on to His disciples. the girls, killing perhaps a dazen, and 44 a nation we have long prided ourselves CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

of the woman began to try and the prishters, who also assaulted, ber. The mother wounding before they captured the

evil spirit too and he and his men meted quack doctor accused her of having sa

out to her the same treatment us to her

+

GERMAN WOMEN FIGHTING ALSO,

on our ability to secure all desirable reforma by constitutional methods. Can weany, longer truly make "the" anmel

not something, more often several things, that denial "untavourable cominent,, Everyone knows that to do even the right thing in the wrong way, only leads as

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Five of the captured Germans were us? Far be it from us to affiros that WM. R. RATHVON, C, S. B. to the banager. Hongkong Ice Co., Lixt. beaten for several hours. The disciples fed women in all armies of the Eastern of fact not a week passes that there is For rent and other particulars apply daughter, only that the inother, was † women in men's uniforms. The number all is well with the Empire. As a matter

threw her to the ground and declared fronts is believed to be growing to large 2003 the ev

evil spirit gone when the body be- came lifeless

proportions. The headman took the doctor and his

Ms. Parkhurst declared to me that disciples to his house and tent for the Russian women are stepping into the police. The doctor said that be wild breach, as they always do whenever menle to greater evil. And certainly what- have caused thenat to retom to and then. Professer Boss say that ever thy grievances et 15 workers and

yon's spirit if the Government had not

soldiers may be, un attempt to get them women fighting constitutes a meunce to prevented him from holding -க post

redressed by a union "oud: public mortem examination. Ma Htae (her what remains of civilisation.... daughter) is dangerously ill in hospital, Huge crowds daily surround the Engi.eetings is almost sure to be followed while the doctor and his three assistants neers School, where a thousand rest dive results. The timid ante- are awaiting trial on a charge of murder. girls are drilling in preparation to go to

ment of the Home Secretary that he had the front. Moscow how thousand girl evidence that would justify in in Holdiers. Kieft and Odessa smaller hands. prohibiting the meeting of the Workers' Kerensky authorises the formation of girl and Soldiers' Union shows a fatal lack of marines, promising a ship to them. Girl recognition of all that is implied. If he soldiers in streets are common in Petro desires to juggle with the King's Regula. tions, again he can be referred to "Dors." The heroines arrival to-day was kept Another question of Mr. Anderson was secret, but the newspapers carry pictures at least permissible. He asked if We do not know who has been advising and stories. The girls maka no attempt we pot the view of the War the War Office in regard to the details of at decorations of any sort. They have ice that some of the old restric the proposed Jewish regiment, says shaved their heads and wear ugly boots. the Jewish World," but it is certainly Every girl earries a ration of evanida "of someone who is hopelessly out of touch

Hoogkoug, "August 22, 1917.

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PROTEST AGAINST USE OF KING grad, and pas proticed

DAVID'S SHIELD.

with Jewish sentiment if he has counpotassium in case of capture. selled-the-employment of the device known as the Shield of David as regimental budge. That device, which frequently employed in and about the synagogue and its appurtenances for Divine worship h has long come to

be regarded as the mark of what-is specifically Jewish.

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Turkish Bath Sheets, Towels, Single and Double Bed Sheets, Bed Quilts, etc., One Targe Hall Clock.

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WANTED.

SOLDIERS AND POLITICS.

..

A very important questine, affecting the

To turn it, as is now proposed, into

tions were now palete in view of the

character and scope of the New Army, and would the War Office tale that into account in considering the question of the "pegitent"status" of soldiers if the character and scope of the New Army undoubtedly differs from that of the old Regular Army, Birt without discipline an army is but a dangerous mob. Whether aid or new it is essentis! that the seeds of anything likely to lead to a slackering of discipline.

vice Gazette,

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KEATINGS LOZENGES

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MARTIN'S APIOL &STEEL HAZOPILLS

MARTIN'S

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the hedge of a section of Don-Jewish rights of non-commissions offers and should be removed at once Sneh seorts THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST army, carrying out military operations ca. gs put in the House of Commons may be present in the programme of the in obedience to a British, not Jewish a few days Mr. Anderson asked the Workers and Soldiers Union, and it is policy, adopted by a nou-dewish Govern Under-Secretary for War whether say sincerely to be trusted that they may be made in ment, is nothing short of prostitution N.C.D. or private was at liberty to offer treated accordingly, with firmness and though let na hasten to add we bare not himself as a candidate for Parliament if without the least delay United Ser- the remotest, doubt the War Office intended it as a compliment to our juvited to do so; whether he was free people. But in that case the authorities to join any associations for the further.. have sinned from ignorance.

ance of his political views and what restrictions were imposed on soldiers #F le the advocacy of opinion on social, Industrial and political questions. Mr. Macpherson said the trawer to the first part of the question, so for an he was able to ascertain, was in the affrontivi. The extent to which a soldier was pers mitted to join an association was governed by paragraph 451 of the King's Regula tions. The paragraph to which he

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HCORES & ROUGH, Auctioneers." Hongkong, Sept. 28, 1917.

2142

PUBLIC AUCTION.

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on

TUESDAY,

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Application for enrolment enquiries regarding hours of School, Fees, etc. should be made to the undersigned as early as possible.

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Hongkong, Sept. 6, 1917

2498"

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