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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1917.

AUCTIONS.

· PUBLIC. AUCTION. --

Hughes & Hough THE Undersigned has rece

8 OCTIONKERS TO THE GOVERNMENT.

General Auctioneers Share, Coal and, General Produce Brokers, and Commissien

Agents.

PROPRIETORS

Wan" Coal Storage.

Coder wed Bentley's

4. 2. c. 4th & 8th Editions. Ai Tolegraphis Cogle..

Talagraphin Adres 'MOTRION" HONGMOMS,

PUBLIO

AUOTTON.

| THE. Undersigned have received instroo tions to sell by Public &matics, "ŠPOR"ACCOUNT OF THE DONGEREED),

SATURDAY,

the 24th November, 1917, at 10,45 a.m.,

at their Bales Rooms, No. 8,,

Des Voeux Road, Corner of

Ice House Street,

▲ LARGI ASSORTMENT OF

FANCY GOODS, BRIC À BRAO, "&ây "resently arrived from Europe and

suitable for Xmas presents, Comprising:-

structions to sell by Public Auction,

WEDNESDAY,

the 21st November, 1917, gommencing at 11 am at hin Salen Rooms, DUDDELL STREET,

(For Account of the Concerned). A. Laxan QUANTTIT OF ELECTRICAL" GOODS,

Comprising

6,000 Tunsten Lamps (8.50 c. p.).

10 Doak Fans,

• Ceiling Fans;

Aho

Silk Flexible Cord, Lead fuse and dynamo Wire, sirip fuses, porcelain cleats and insalators, batton insulators, lamp holders and lamp locking rings, porcelain puntos, plugs and sockets, table lamps, brackets and fittings, meter. |boards, gange screws, fuse bodies, gauge ringe and cartridges, are lamps, hand lampe,

balkhead Attings,globes enamelled and glass shades, etc., etc.

On view from Monday, the 19th inst Catalogues will be issued. Tax Cash on delivery.

GEO. P. LAMMERT,

Auctioneer.

Hongkong, Nov. 5, 1917.

G. T

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"PUBLIC", AVOTION.

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THE CHINA MAIL.

FAUSTRIAN EMPEROR'S

"REPLY TO THE POPE.

THE COMPLETE. TEXT

Holy Father: With dua veneration and, deep emotion we take cognisanco of the now representations which your Holiness, Fiz fülfilment of the holy offes intrinfed to you by God, makes to us and the heads

BRITISH ARMY AND NAVY PAY.

THE" INCREASES.

The Cabinet wish that, more could bavo been done, but it has besa imposible [ to ignore the immense, additions to the Burdens of taxation which increases in the pay of our huge Forces necessarily entail The improvements which havn now been authorised will not increase the PREMIER'S TRIBUTE TO OUR pay at the soldier and sailor to the

DEFENDERS..

exton which the Cabinet, could have wished, bus none the less they will sub- atantially Improve it, especially in the case of lungservice men and those who Mr. Lloyd Georga on Saturday address-cost of pay and allowances to the Army have others dependent upon them. The.. and Navy at present amounts to over £225 p00,000 a year. The additions now authorised will involve an: addition to the Budget of more than £50,000,000, in the

Lox.pay, Oct. 1,

INTIMATIONS

We Save You on Freight.

MONTGOMERY WARD & CO.

IS

of the other belligerant States, with the fed the following letter to the Secretary noble intention of leading the heavily tried for. War and the First Lord of the nations to s unity that will restore peace Admiralty giving the decision, of the War -to them.

Cabinet with reference to the increase in pay of the Army and Navy. In addition, but I am certain that the burden.

first year of operation. This is a THE ONLY FIRM to higher pay the Stats takes over the will be cheerily shouldered by a gratë.. whole or part of the allotment to degen ful nation. dants. Hospital stoppages are abolished, and improvements are made in pensions.

With a thankful heart wo receive this frosh gift of fatherly" cars which you, Holy Father, always bestow on all peoples without distinction, and from the depth of our heart we greet the masing exhortal

This question of pay and allowances to the junior ranks of commissioned officers

example throughout the war, and the ramense proportion of loss that has tallen

tion which your Holiness has addressed The new regulations come into forcequires attention. Their leading and

to the Governments of the belligerent peoples.

Since asernding the throne of our ancestors," and fully conscious of the responsibility which we hear before God and men for the fate of the Austro-Hun arian Monarchy, we have never lost sight as speedily sa possible, the blessings of of the high aim of restoring to our peoples,

peace. Soon after bar necession. to the

today.

THE NEW BENEFITS.

SUMMARY OF ADDITION TO PAT AND ALLOWANCES,:

CARMY,

I. The State should take cver the whole

of the Class E dependant and the whole of the compulsory allotment for the wife

of tho existing allotment for the Class A dependant up to the ed and 10d. limit. this concession should apply to all sol- dier who belong to units whose depota are situated in the United Kingdom and who are paid at the rates laid down in the Royal Warrant for the pay, etc, of the Army. It should not apply to men enlisted at special rates of pay ogi, mekor drivers no be, a day,

I am writing to convey to you the deri-upon them, give them an inestimable During this cruel war we have always alons which the War Cabinet have come claim upon the regard of their country looked up to your Holicess is to theto in regard to the raising of the pay of And the confidence and admiration of highest personage, who, in virtue of his the Army and Navy, which, as you know meat to deal adequately with the special thair men. The measures of the Govera mission, which reaches beyond earthly bare Been under consideration for sothe difficulties of their position will be things, and, thanks to the high concep. time past. In other wars it has been a announced shortly. tion of his duties laid upon him, stands matter of reproach to us that the nation high above the belligerent, peoples, and Bas been willing to sail itself of the who, inaccessible to all influence, was services of men who have risked all to able to find a way which may lead to the serve their country. not only without realisation of our own desire for peace. adequate pay, but with no proper pro- lasting and honourable for all parties. vision for their dependants or for those.. who have been disabled. There is no doubt that during the present war condi tions in regard to persions, separation allowances, and so forth, have been enor meusly improved. But little has yet been

and novel forces while on active service. done to increase the pay of the military

The War. Cabinet have long, felt, how ever, that betterment should be made in this respect sisu. It is impossible" to exaggerate the debt of gratitude which those at home owe to the men who have endured the unspeakable sufferings and

3. An increase of pay of 12. & day for hardships of modern warfare, many of them for three years, in defence of their all soldiers to whom recommendation (1) each year's service should be granted to

country's liberty and honour..

The applies. The extra payments under (2) Government feel sure that the nation and (3) should not be retrospective, but

F would wish that anything, which could the service already given during the war be done to show to the men at the front should count for future payments. their appreciation of their heroism and self-sacrifice should be done. prowess, their patience, their superb and untiring velour, have not only renewed the glory of our race and name through out the world, but have surpassed any achievement which the long annast of the British Armý record.

Statuettes, Figures, Fases Band- PARTICULARS and Conditions of the painted Plaques, and Ornaments, Flowerheid en MONDAY, the 26th day of letting by Public Auction Sale, to be Holders and Bowls, Fancy Mirrors, November, 1917, at 3p.m., at the Offices of Clocks, Candelabras, a quantity of Flated the Public Works Department, by Order of His Excellency the Governor, of Ons Let Goods comprising Egg Sets, Fruit Bowls, of CROWN LAND at Nathan Road,hzeit was vouchsaled to us, in common Bread Baskets, Crvet Stands, ecc., etc. Kowloon, in the Colony of Hongkong, for with pur Allies, to "undertake a step

Cat-glow-Bowls Decanters Joga, a term of 76-yearu,, with the option of Finger Bowls, sweet Dishes. Fruit ranowal at a Crown Bent to be fired by the which had been considered and prepared Ntands, Cake Dishes, Liqueur Seta, eta, Surveyor of His Majesty the King, for

exalted. predecessor, Francis one by our eta., etc..

further term of 75 years.

Joseph, to pave the way for a lasting sad Traxs:-Cash.

honourable peace.

HUGHES & HOUGH,

ductioneers. Hongkong, Nov. 15, 1917.

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"PUBLIC AUCTION.

"HE Undersigned have received ia-

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structions to sell by Public Auction,

(FOR ACCOUNT OF THE CONCERNED),

EXO

WEDNESDAY,

the 9th November, 1917, at

pm, it their Bales Rooms, No. 8

Den Faux Road, Corner of

Toe House Street,

A FIXE COLLECTION OF

BRITISH COLONIAL STAMPS,

Comprising --

Particulars of the Lot,

Locality,

No. of Hale.

Registry No.

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Bouth of and adjoku

Lot No.

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Contents

Aurdal Rent

We gave expression to this desire in a speech from the Throne delivered at the opening of the Austrian Reichstag,

thereby showing that we are striving after peace that shsli free the future life of the nation from macor and a thirst for revenge, and that shall secure them for generations to come from the employ. pest of armed forces. Our joint, Gavera ment has in the meantime failed in 1309 repeated and emphatic declarations, which could be heard by all the world, to give expression to our own will and that of the Austro-Hungarian peoples to prepare an end to bloodsbed by a peace such as your Holiness has in mind.

Jamaica, New Zealand, Queensland DAIRY FARM NEWS.

St. Christopher, St. Helena, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Sarawak, Seychelles, Sieria Leone, Straits Settlements, Selangor and Sungei Ujong-Suduo, Tobago Tonga, Transvaaly, Trinidad, Turka Island, Victoria forming Part II of the Collection.

Every stamp guaranteed perfectly. gemaine

(Particulars from Catalogue). -

On view 27th inst. from p.m. and clay of sale.

Terma :-Cash.v

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Auctioneera,

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Happy in the thought that cur desires

from the first were directed toward the

same object which your Holiness to-day characterises as one we should strive for we have taken into close consideration the concrete and practical suggestions of your Holiness and have come to the following conclusions ---

A PEACE BLS19

Their

2. Proficiency pay to be payable alter six months service instead al after two years" service.

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except where a man is responsible for the 1. Hospital stoppages to be, abolished,

complaint for which he is being treated.

5. Man-compulsorily retained in the Army beyond 22 years service to have the option of drawing their pension in addition to pay in lieu of the increased pension on final discharge provided by the present regulations,

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NAVY..

I The Stale to take over a portion of the allotment not exceeding . ed., in The Cabinet have considered a number the case of allotments amounting to 5. of different proposals. The present. basis or more per week, and in the case of of pay is a pooce basis, giving higher smaller allotments to dependants other rates in the arms which are less" atira<-' than wives, such lesser some as will leave tive or which require higher technical the men chargeable with 12 éd. per attainment. It ignores the risks and diszerally does not admit of an allotment week. In the case of beys whose pay comforts which are common to all arms in excess of 26. per weeks. the State to in war. The question of a flat rate for take over la. of the allotment. all arms was, therefore examined, but was rejected as involving too vast a resolu. tion in the midas of war. The Cabinet would also have liked to have made some

8. '3d, a day extra to able stamen alter three years (at present after air paars), with corresponding increase in "aficat allowdhen to marines."

With deep-rooted conviction we agree to the leading idea of your Holiness that the future arrangement of the world must differentiation between the pay of men 5d.).

3. Messing allowance at 7d. fal present

Be based on the "elimination of armed at home and abroad, and between mea 4. Hospital atoppages to be abolished.

forces and on the moral fores of right and on the rule of international justics and | legality.

in the firing link and me at the base, but after giving the matter, their most sympathetic consideration they were con- vinced thus it was not practical to do this. It is not possible to draw a line

We, too, sre imbued with the hope that a strengthening of the sense of right would morally regenerate humanity. We up of division between combatant forces and port, therefore, your Holiness's view that other services, such as the Roys! Army the negotiations between the belligerens should and could lead to an understand ing by which, with the creation of approx priate guarantere, armaments on land and ses and in the air might be reduced fire, as the casualty lista disclose. Nor simultaneously, reciprocally and gradually is it possible to draw a line betweez

Medical Corps and the Array Service Corps, because many of those engaged in these services are habitually under shel

except what a man la responsible for the complaint for which he is being

treated.

5. Free git (now free kit on entry) | 6. Pensions to be paid to men who have completed time for pension and are detained under Proclamation; the same to be retrospective as from the beginning of the war, maus in each case the value of the detained pay slready received.

7. Improved pension for 22 years! service,

NEED

Tt you are tired, weak, run-down, and

to a fixed limit, and whereby the high those who are serving at home and STRENGTH IS WHAT YOU?! sena; which rightly" belong to all the nations of the earth, may be freed from abroad, because there is a cominus! domination or paramountcy, and be morement from one part to another, and the distinction could only be made by opened equally for the use of all,

organising a vast clerical staff to keep Tully conscious of the importance of the promotion of peace on the method track of the daily movements of the mil proposed by your Holiness, namely, to lion of roen in all the theatres of war

and adjust their pay accordingly.. submit International disputes to com pulsory arbitration, we are also prepared to enter into negotiations regarding this proposal

It, so we most heartily desire, amed-

lack ambition or nerve force, you are running the risk of having a serious breakdown if you fail to secure proper trustment at ce suffering from loss

For those who are

here al lines, therefore, upon which of strength or nerve-troul les there is the Cabinet have decided to proceed have nothing that can equal Sargol for revital- been to Increase the pay of all the messing the nerve celle: and blinging in proportion to the length of their sex body Bargol ha increased the strength

strength srid energy to every part of the ments should be arrived at between the vico, and to relieve men with depen of delicate, run-down, nervous people belligerents which would realise this apts of the assignments whichs have more than 300 per cent in many LONDON DIRECTORY. sublimides and thereby give security hitherto been charged against them. instances. It does not matter whether

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to the Austro-Hungarian, conarsby for Thus, the case of the Arcay, pro- you have lost your strength and nerve ite cabampered future development, it ficiency pay at the rate of Bd. er 6d power from over work, illness, or from business worries, Bargol will bring back NABLES tradem throughout the World can then not be dificult to find a satis lay will be payable after six months your old sime strength and therity

to vempunway direct, with English factory solution of the other questionstead of after two years, service, es at yon give it a fair trial. It strengthens MANUFACTURERS & DEALERS which still remain to be settled between present. An increase will be made, in tones it up as, no other in each class of goods. Bandes being the belligerents in a spiris of jestice and full year of service since the outbreak of not a patent medicine. It is so carefully

the soldier's pay of Id per day for sch

Paration can [somplete dominercial guide to London and of reasonable consideration at the 200 war. Men with dependants will be te asalmiikta ita strength and; La doctor's prescription, and

that

staven the weakest stomach If the nations of the earth were to loved of the present compulsory allotill with the gobda they whip, and the Dolonia enter, with a desirable perce, into. negotifment at 6d a day for privates and colitis prescribed so freely by physicians restoring properties. That is why for sergeants and higher

for those then will have the normal pansion in addition would act to thei

with retrospective effect the от during the war, tidspítal stoppages will | msite. frisade #The follow

Fita auburbs,"the Directory contains lists of EXPORT MERCHANTS

| Fod Farsign Marketa they supply ;

STEAMSHIP LINES

ranged under the Porta to which they and indicating the approximate dailings

ditions for existence of both parties.

your Holiness w/ sproposuis,” thón: poscs

thern could blossom forth from nations could sttala complete free

tions with one other in the semy of Porals, and

tanks. option

Ffrom

PROVINCIAL FRADE NOTICES A movement on the high

material burdens could

(leading Manufacturers, Wezohants, ote them, and now source

provincial towns Barid Industrial

the United Kingdom, opened to them.

of the

skilbion wit

why not do

hose streng

IN THE UNITED STATES

having a sufficient volume of

TRANS-PACIFIC BUSINESS TO SHIP

A CARLOAD OF 30,000 POUNDS

EVERY OTHER DAY.

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Op shipments to the Orient we enjoy a low carload export rate, which is entirely on a weight basis. This low rate covers both rail and ocean haul from Chicago to Yokohama, Kobe, Moji, Nagasaki, Shanghai, Hongkong, and Manila, the distributing points of the Far East. By way of these tran- shipping points we, "here in Chicago, can take out through bills of lading to practically all the ports of the Far East.

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