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SATURDAY, JANUARY 19, 1918.

Hughes & Hough

AUCTIONEERS TO THE GOVERNMENT.

General Auctioneers ....

INTIMATIONS

BRITISH GOVERNMENT WAR SAYINGS CERTIFICATES

"Applications "may do made through the undernoted Banks from whom full Baare, Cont and. General Produce information and the necessary for

may be obtained":- .Brokers and Commission

Agants.

PROPRIETORS

"Wan" Coal Storage.

Codes wond Bentley's

4. n. ¤ 4th & 5th Editions.

A Telegraphic Code.

Telegraphic Addresa

** MELKTON HONGKONG. -

S.S. "HONGKONG.

THE UNDERSIGNED beg to notify the proposed sale by private Tender of the Hull of the above-named Steamer

as she now lies stranded on the East Point of NAUCHAU ISLAND, about twenty-five miles from Kwan. Chau Wan.

GENERAL CONDITIONS OF TENDER (1) The vessel is offered for sale as she now lies, with her Engines, Boilers, Anchors and Chains and such other equipment as may be on board, (but no Cargo is to be considered in the Tander).

The vessel is now guarded by the

French authorities

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CHARTERED BANK OF INDE

AUSTRALIA AND CHINA HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI

BANKING CORPORATION. MERCANTILE BANK OF INA, LTD.

War Savings Certificates

Valus 5 years

THE CHINA MAIL.

NEWS FROM LONDON.

(From Our Own Carrespondent.)

LONDON, Nov. 23

THE FOUR QUEATEST COMMANDERS,

obatacles to trade, and her lending business men feel in their bearts that- nobody the wide world over will attach much importance to a German signature to an agreement thereafter. There may not yet be much evidence A well-known military authority is of it, but the intention is firm hers quoted as saying that Generals to bomb German businesses '—to Maude, Haig, Plumer and Birdwood use Sir Edward Carson a phrase, and have proved themselves the greatest China will, I understand, receive commanders in this war. Probably attention as well as the rest of the

day he would add Generals Byng world. and Allenby,

The Huns had great plans for General Maude, whose great suosqueezing the Chinese in years to cesses in the Eastern delds of war come and the declaration of Chica have had such an untimely end, was against her was a hard blow, only one of three Coldstream Guardsmen equalled by the revolt, of South who were also scientific soldiers, American sentiment against ber from whom much was expected at methods. With these two great the beginning of the war. Now they markets irreparably damaged, Gar have all fallen, Colonel Marker fe'l many sees no good reating "place for in November, 1914, on the same day the solo of her commercial travellers" Purchace Prices Lord Roberts died. Major Francis feet. Hence her prayen-and intri

£387 10 0. Farquhar, commanded the gues for the changing of the Chi-

15. 6d.

Princess Patricia's Regiment, died nove officiat attitude. It will be a some time ago with a brilliant record, shock to her if so fine a fish escape's For every 188. Od. lent now £1 and now General Maude has gone from the net will be paid in 5 years' time, too. Hia appointment to the Meso- equivalent to 5 per cent, comé pound Interest. No Income Tax potamiin command caused some will be payabla..

surprise at the time, but he very Anyone, whatever his or her Lecome may be, can bay War speedily fulfilled his great oppor Savings Certificates up to ☎stunity. Thone who knew him maximum of 500 £1 Certificates describe him as exactly the right in all or their'equivalent.

after purchas6

E500-

£1

FREE OF INCOME TAX

Meanwhile the money may be withdrawn in fall any time, with an addition after the first year,

TERMS AND CONDITIONS. (1) A Certificate entitles the purchaser to receive £1 for each 15s. 6d. on the fifth anniversary of the date of purchase, free

who

mixture of pridence and daring. He was prudent in risking the lives of his men, but he was daring when he saw a prospect of a great return for success, and his judgment

excellent.

At home he was most happy.

was

He

of income tax in respect of the accume one of the beautiful twin

isted interest.

All Tenders should reach the Office

(2) A Certificate is nos transferable sisters Taylor, whose advent into of the Undersigned on or before

SATURDAY, the 8th Febru-xcept by permission of the Postmaster Society, some years ago made a plea Noon,

General; &

a fee of 18. will be charged in AY, 1018.

pect of each transferce. In the event sant sensation for their charn and

ary,

(3) A Deposit must accompany cach Tender, the amount of which may be learned at this Office, said Deposit will be returned in case of non acceptance of Tender

of death, the same rules will be applied

as in the case of Savings Bank Deposits attractiveness. Among his intimates

(3) On written application (on a form

he was known as "Joe" though

pocainable at any Post Office) being no one knew why, for it was not one

THE PRINCE OF WALES.

The presence of the Prince of Wales' at the Italian front, and the cordial conversations he has bad with the Italinn Socialist statesman, Scor Bisolutti, bave done much to

demonstrate to the Italian people that England is solidly on her side and that of the democratic cause. The Prince went, as a matter of fact, in the ordinary course of his duty. He is on the staff of Lord. Cavanj

France to Italy, naturally his stuff and when Lord Cavan went from

accompanied him.

:

Even it Venice should tall, in spite of the desperate resistance, the pil

fering Hans will find little that is

portable, unless they go to the extreme of breaking up arobitectural

made to the Controller, Money Order of his mames. It was, in any case, treasures. All portable treasures Department, London, the purchase price,

or part thereof in multiples of 168, 6d, an indication of his nature gentle

time, with an

have been removed and such famous

Further particulars regarding the will be repaid ach 158. 6d. on the and lovable, always ready to fight | buildings. as St. Mark's bare, been?

15) The Vendors de not bind themselves to accept the highest or any Tender. sonditions of sale, and a list of Attings and ärtores to be sold with the ship, can be obtained on applica- tian from the Undersigned. For and on account of the Concerned.

HUGHES & HOUGH. Hongkong, Jan. 9, 1918.

FUBLIC AUCTION.

25.

addition af 3d. for

first anniversary of the date of purchase Thant, but never quarrelsome:--- and with a further addition of Id. per 15s. 6d. for each month thereafter.

500 £1 Corticates or their equivalent.

(4) No person may bold more than

JAPANESE HOSPITALS.

covered wherever possible with sand. bigs. There is an idea prevalent I am told by a medical authority that the new Austrian monarch has that some of the very best war hoe given orders for Venice to be spared now in the bands of as much as possible, though what 158 6d.) ars issued in book forms. The Japanese doctor and their work is Germans if they get into the town is

The £1 Certificates (purchase price pituls are

power he will have over the thieving Certificates for £18 (purchase price £ thoroughly up to date, skilful and Sa) and £25 (purchase price £19.7s 6d) are issued without books. The £1, £13 beyond praise. I went myself some doubtful, remembering their devilry La-Post Offices and at most Bans at local time ago to a large military hospital in Louvain and northern France,

THE Undersigned have received

structions to sell by Public Auction, (108 LOCOUNT OF THE CONCERALD),

OD

TUESDAY,

22nd January, 1818, commencing at 130 p.m., at their Sales Booms, No.8, Des Voeux Romil, Corner of

Ice House Street, TEAKWOOD BLACKWOOD FURNITURE, TWIN BEDSTEADS, OURTAINS, CARPETS, PICTURES, &C., AND LARGE ASSORTMENT OF USEFUL HOUSEHOLD GOODS,

As follows: Upholstered Buiten, Arm-chairs and Chesterfield Sofas, Card Tables, &c., Bed- rocin Furniture, comprising Double and Single Brass and Brass-mounted Bed- stcada, and Twin Bedsteads, Sideboards, Dinner Waggons Extension Dining Tables and Chairs, Tes and Occasions) Tables, &c, Dinner Services, Crockery, -Class Wars Cooking Stores, Cutlery, Toilet Bets, & Bath Room Utensils, Holl-top Desks and Writing Tables, Sandry Electro-Plated Ware

Electric "Reading Lamps, Blackwood and Tonkwood Screen, Blackwood Furniture, including Large 4-Fold Black- wood Eerce with 5-Coloured Panels, Side Tables, & Engravings, Pictures, 4c., &c, Tennis Foles and Net, Iron Safe,

A few lots Turkish Bath · Sheets, Towels, Single sad Double Bed Shorts Bed Quilts, de

Also

!

Carpets, Brass Fenders, a few lots

Fire Brazses, de

Two PIANOS.

And

Plated Candleabras, Plated Cellarette, Cat-glass Bottles and One Large Iron Sale, &c., de. A

(Fall Particulars from Chialogue).

·Texas ----Cashy

HUGHES & BOUGH,”

Hongkong, Jan. 10, 1918.

SILIMIPOPON (SEBATTE)

COAL

†THE Undersigned having boen appointed Aox for the COWIE HARBOUR CUAL CO., LTD., are prepared to quate prices for best quality BILIMPOPON 00AL trimmed late Bankers at ́SEBAT." TIK or SANDAKAN (British North

our

BILIMPOPON COAL compare

with the better grades of Japani es "ably.

Coal and gives

■ good resulte on a very

Moderske consumption.

Blesmereathing at SEHATIK OF SANDAKAN exclusively for BILIMPO PON COAL (either arge or Banker) nes exempt" from "payment of all

Ab Bhattak Steamres are perthed along- ads the Company, wharf where there is ການ

depth

$7 to 23 Loob at low water Spring Tided.

"Charts of Fibulon Bay (Bebettik Bay bour, Prives and all other Information

Pliestion to the ATOMI

mong the Port can be 218 on

and £25 Certificates;

CB

POTTED

MEATS

15 VARIETIES.

ALL DELICIOUS AND APPETISING, GAME, BAM, CHICKEN AND TONGUE, ETC., ETC.

Prepared by a celebrated Chef under ideal conditions of cleanliness and selection.

IN GLASS, TINS AND WHITE JARS, ONE OF THE REST OF

CROSSE & BLACKWELL'S

CELEBRATED TABLE DELICACIES,

AGENTS FOR LEA & PERRINE WORCESTERSHIRE, „SAUCE.

DrJ.Collis Browne's

BY APPOINTMENT

To H.M. TL KING.

Chlorodyne

THE ORIGINAL AND ONLY GENUINE.

DIARRHŒA, and is the only

Specil: in CHOLERA and

DYSENTERY.

FEVER, CROUP, "AGUE. COUGHS, COLDS,

The Best Remedy known for

ASTHMA, BRONCHITIS.

"The only Paliktig in

NEURALGIA, BOUT, RHEUMATISM.

Chlorodyne is a liquid taken in drops, graduated according to the malady. It invariably. relieves pain of whatever kind; creates a calm refreshing sleep; allays irritation

of the nervous system when all other remedies fail'; leaves no bad effects: and can be taken when no other medicine, can be tolerated.

V

CONVINDING MEDICAL TESTIMONY. WITH EACH BOTTLA

Yann Ganam wilbeat the wards. Dr. J. Cellia, Brown's Chlerndýna on the Stamp.

Sold by all Chamlets;

-Pricas is England:

1/1}, 2/9, 6/6. '.

INTIMATIONS

ALPEED HYEDMAN 43 Wyndham Street Ha for sale

CARBON PAPER at 81.00 per dozen

RBO at $1.80 each.

sheets

**!

Single Certificates for sama from £700 that was being visited by the King. A correspondent who is usuallyTypewriters at $12.00 per machine

to £500 may be obtained on application and found the surgeon in charge was

to the Comptroller and Accountant a cheery Japanese, and the men were

General Post Office, London; applestion forach are available at all loud in their praise of his skill and

attention. Post Offices and at most Banks.

It Cer

Certificates beat, and the serial numbers can be furnished to the Controller of the Money Order Deport

on new Certificates will be issued at charge of 18..

GENTHAL POST OFFICE, LONDON,

June, 1916.

4

- (For examples of Investment in War Savings Certificates, no the other side.)

Examples of Investment in War Savings Certificates

4 years. 6 years,

009- 21 691

443 15 ~~

Bill ——

Value

Byears.

410.25 —

Purchase

Priad

308 10

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950

~ 1 196

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4

13 9

B 15-

2 18 8

2 10 8

1 176

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6 17.0

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157 10

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167-10 ---

177 10-

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78 15 ---

83 16 →→

88 18 →→

09-15.--

41 178.

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17 15 ---

18 10-

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7 17 0

818-9

10:8

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4.80

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· K.B.—The Investment : maý bapany multiple of 15 33. up to 2587 10.

JAPANESE MAKERE,

Every kind of Footwear

MADE

ORDER

JERY

00%

STREET

C

WOMEN SMOKERS.

A warm debate has been started this week on whether women should

well informed writes: "It must be phasised that the Germans are only making this Italian push to have, mare in hand before the Americans take the field in huge numbers. A new Papal Note at Christmas, with fresh peace proposals, is anticipated in many quarters. The real pacifists of the world are the enormous, bulk not give up their incressing habit of of the population of Germany, and smoking es an evidence of their the War Lords are sente enough to sincerity in wartime ecotomy. The know that oven the Hun worm may debate has gone far adrift from turn when rendered desperate by economis lines and now it is being prolonged underfeeding." hotly argued on wholly other grounds. Men are, alleging, appar ently with good reason, that most women smoke merely as a pose and as part of the current craze." They: do not seem to get the calmn sense

KORAL OF THE GERMAN NAVY

The Hamburger Nachrichten" pab-| Eshed recently an interesting article by. aaval currypondent to the moral

of comfort out of it that a man does,of the German Nary. The writer's

•

But firt with it under the impression object is, as he says, to impress upon the that they are being good follows, German public the damaging effect of the especially in sets "were officers and persistent propaganda carried on by the men, especially, congregate. The Socialist Minority, but the article seems women, on the other hand, angrily as a whole to represent the view which is now general in Germany of the famour dispute the masculine criticisms and mutiny of which so little has been declare that if smoking is right forheard since the Government tried to men it is right for women. I shall erploit it in the Reichstag never believe that women like smok- The naval correspondent " lays stress ing," writes a doctor, until they upon the strain of waiting." He points take to pipesa remark that has out that not only has there been no con. siderable battle since the summer of 1916, Bet them off on further angry but the waiting has for most of the exclamations. The fact is, in any German Navy now lanted more than three case, that since the war started the years, and a great part of the crews Fave prevalence of smoking, among women now been serving on board ship for six in public bas grown a hundred fold. years or even longer. Change of service I saw two flappers in a theatre yesterday produce their cigarettes and proceed to puff away like steam engines.

AFTER-VAR THADE.

TUNDERTAKES to clean and repair

per annum.

For particulare apply to the above address.

Hongkong. Nov. 7, 1917,

Isay

KEATINGS LOZENGES

cure The Worst Cough

MARTIN'S

SAPIOL & STEEL

PILLS

A French Hamedy Tu? KILLFSVERLASTETAA art kommense ct Lasikan sarıyı kap a ben we

pućen the d When my insaney of the Syveni a Pa somaly sent may be advolaisrvā “Time vẫn, - SO I All Chandets and biomas-má BLANE MARCda, Gazihampton, Eng

MARTIN'S

A PIOL & STEEL Sazon PILLS

MUSIC

FOR THE

THIS

2975

as been rare, most of the men have CHILDREN'S CHRISTMAS, little to learn, and it is particularly difficult to occupy them when ships w lying in dock. The writer goes on to aay that at the beginning of the war, in ries of what was called 'the spirit of August

COLUMBIA

AT $25

Germany, I heur via Amsterdam, 4th 1914 the navy was allowed to is hoping much may turn to her receive newspapers and pamphlets which had previously been forbidden. But the advantage from the political troubles spirit of August 4th changed, and the in Peking. Sho is greatly disturbed Socialist Minority began a pacifist fr by the prospect of after the war poganda in the army and in the navy, Then came a period when food dificulder ware added to the strait of “ waiting and the Socialist propagande. As to the food, question the writer ways *** In the zary. In contrast with the position of the troops at the Front, the supply of food has throughout the wor been quite riguiar, and, indeed, regularly, substantial... The man in the navy has boon secustomed in war at in peaca, by be fed regularly and abundantly, and, spart perhaps from service in small crais, the occasional great privations and conf. Des Your Houdy. niderable Irregularities to which, the --fighters on land' imve had to suţimit have

remained unknown, In the the cour

COUGHING INTO CONSUMPTION

Only a Cough bot you step 3 while it is ONLY a cought.

WATERBURY'S METABOLIZED COD LIVER OIL COMPOUND

the

Will Certainly Please: Them We have GRAFONOLAS to suit Supponevery Pocket

Bak Us About Thame THE ANDERSON MUSIC CO. LTD.

THE NEW FRENCH

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INTIMATIONS

Sola. Macunlaran : 1. T. DAVENPORT, "LIE"," London, S.E

FOR SALE

FOR SALE

DAIRY FARM NEWS TUSCULUM, Barker Road, 168,

CORNED BEEF

'AND

CORNED PORK.

PUT UP IS KEGI AND

EXPERT OR STEAMERS ULL

Apply DUNCAN CLARK,

LANE CRAWFORD & Co Hongkong, Jan. 2, 1918, ~

FOR SALE. TRE Undersigned have received in

structions to sell at their Sales Rooms, No. 8. Des Vaux Road, Corner

of Ice House Street,T

MOTOR YACHT

Built 1918, had very little usage, Hall

Teakwood Tength, water-line £3′ #"; over all 35, Beam

Motor "Scripps, Heavy duty 14 HL. P.

KING EDWARD HOTEL Complete with Lavatory, Refrigerator,

Central Location

A LL. Hunerme Taxi Para Entranes, Electric Lifta,· Fans and Lighting. European Butta. and Sanitary Füstanga: Hot and Cold Water System throughout. *Best of Food and Service..

AKLEPROJN 373 ... TELPORAPINU Ändszer:

VICTORIA

WITCHELL, Manager

PATELL & CO.

ORIENTAL PRODUCE

EXPORTERS,

SİLK MERCHANTS,

COMMISSION AGENTS.

Arrencies in

NEW YORK,

SAN FRANCISCO, U.S.A.

Branches

CANTON,

SHANGHALS YOKOHAMA BOMBAY,

HEAD OFFICE: Kre's BuiLDUSSE,

SZ HONGKONG-

Bcsogazibald, bestilod to the pepada De Veceived from HIMXQD'S CURB, and very post brings A similée Matters', to-day)

ROD

CURE for

STHMA

UMEN PORLU,VIARE

"Chemins and Stores

a Suit of Sails, and all Accessories.

bed Price and full-particulars may from the Undersigned.

Termna

Caak.

HUGHES & HOUGH,

Hongkong. Jan. 9, 1978.

TO LET

TO LET.

0.6, MOUNTAIN VIEW--dou

unfurnished:

DENNYS & BOWLEY. Hongkong, Jan, 16, 1918

TO LET

TURNISHED HOUSE at Mount Davis, Pokfulam Road, for Febin. ary, March and April. Kent moderate.

Apply

B. E. GOLDSMITH, PW. D. Hinzhong Jax T 1918

TO LET

OFFICES in Tork Building,

HOUSES cu Shameeny, Canton.

apply to

THE HONGKONG LAND INVENTA

MENT & AGENCY 06, LT-

TO LETA

IMMEDIATE ENTRY four very desirable SHOPS situated in Iow House Street; opposite the Grand Hotel, recently reconstracted.

For reas and other particulars apply to the Manager, Hongkong los Co., Ltd!! 48 Connaught Road Central

Hongkong. August 2, 1917.

TO

FLAT in Nathan Road, Kusloom.

Four roomed houses in Kowloon Sha: Apply to as HUMPHREYS, ESTATE

Ipagkong, Augunte 31, 1917,

together