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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1918,

Hughes & Hough

AUCTIONEERS TO THE GOVERNMEAL.

General Auctioneers Share, Coki and General Produce Brokers and Commission Agents.

PROPRIETORS wa-Wan" Con) Storage..

Bentley's 4thth Editions. A 1 Telegraphie Cods.

Telegraphic Addres *MEZIZION? HONGKONG.

PUBLIO AUCTION,

PRE Undersigned bare received in- Tiruchons to acil by Public Auction,

FOR ACCOUNT OF THE CONCRAXED).

on

SATURDAY,

the 16th February, 1918, at 10.30 am., at their Sales Rooms, No. 8,

Des Vaux Boad, Comer of

"Ice House Street,

SENDRY

VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD

FURNITURE.

(Bamored to Sales Rooms for Convenience of Salo.) Including:-

Glass Show. Cases, Shelves, 7 Type- writers, Copying Presses: 1 Large Weighing Machine by Pooley & Sons, London, (to weigh 12 ewt.)

1 Motor Bicycle and 1 Bicycle.

Terms: Cash

HUGHES & HOUGH,

Auctioneers.

Hongkong, Feb. 13, 1918.

FUBLIC AUCTION,

199

TEE Undersigned have received ia- Tucions to cell by Fuhlis Auction, (TOM ACCOUNT OF THE CONCERNED),

TUESDAY,

the 19th February, 1918, commencing at 9.30 p.m., at their Sales Rooma, No. &, Des Voeux Road, Corner of Ice House Street, TEAKWOOD AND BLACKWOOD FURNITURE TWIN BEDSTEADS, CURTAINS, CARPETS, PICTURES,

+

&c., AND LABOX ASSORTMENT OF USEFUL HOUSEHOLD GOODS,

* As follows:---

Upholstered Suites, Arn-chair xod Chesterfield Solas, Card Tabins, de, Bed room Furniture, comprising Double and

INTIMATIONS

DANGE CIRCLE.

OPEND « Flosaani: Evening,

MONDAY and THURSDAY, & P.M. 31, Queen's Road Central, Ground Floor.

(Next door Hongkong Cinema). Gentlemen $1. Ladies Free.

DANCE TUITION.

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SCOTTISH NOTES.-":

THE CHINA MAIL.

(From Our Own Correspondent.)

refer to difficult stories. The first the Marquis of Tweeddale and the says that the story "stuck at the pap Earl of Erol,

PLOMA, NOT

NOT CHESTNUTS Mr. Robert Bruce is one of the contributors co The Thistle, this

o' his hasa "—that is, ut the top of [his throat, at the uvula. And the second one ruts That story will

o":"gang" south." We conclude with a world y-wise Tear's souvenir book of the Scottish Women's Hospitals. He gives a counsel,

selection of what he calls chest- nube," but which might more accur-

EDINBERO, Des. 18. SCOTA FOLKLORE, The great war notwithstanding, the Edinburgh Rhymour Club has issued one more, of its thin, paper-coveredar all; say naught, Take alt: pay naught.. Miscellanea of proverba, sayings, rhymes, and odds and ends of folks. lare. The Club meets or regular

WEDNESDAY and FRIDAYS 6. irregular" dates during the winter

$10 per month: Music Store, 24 Nathan Road, Kowloon Private Lessons: 7, Dunbar Villag

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1.

DAIRY FARM NEWS,

CORNED BEEF

CORNED PORK.

PUT UP Kegs and BarUELE

TOR

Export on STEAMERS. UAL.

WAI KEE.

FLAG & SAILMAKER

68

months in John Krick's house, at the bottom of the High Street, close to the site of the old Netherbow Fort, the port or gate that divided the City

And if thou ever does ought for utely be described us. plums. His

bought,

first story is about eggotten eggs.

Do it for thysel'."

»-

THE SCOTTISH HORSE IN GALLIPOLI

Some of the most interesting books about the Great War will undoubted

A Liberal member of Parliament had | been apeaking in Ulster-The paperx told us that he had been pelted with rotten eggs. Two days later the member was standing with some

ly be the records of our Territorial others in one of the division lobbies

of Edinburgh from the ancient Burgh battalions. Not only among their of the House of Commons, Sir of Canongate. Whether John Knox officers, but noong their non-coms. Henry Campbell-Bannerman came ever lived in this house is matter of and rank and file there are many sauntering along. He looked at the perennial dispute among local anti who can hold the pen and describe member, then sniffed ut the resin- quarians. But this much is certain, what they saw and heard and felt ber's sleeve, and remarked quietly the huikling dates from before 1480, A number of these men have beon as he passed on, ** And so that eig and is the finest specimen extant of invalided and already in our news story was quite true. Scots domestic architecture of the papers there are appearing the period. It has a draw-well within its walls to supply the indwellers, and a romantis and creepy secret stair com municating with reighbouring close, that is, alley.

Another of the stories is one which

stories, almost the histories of their John Burns tell about his meating battalions. These stories,, naturally, with Carlyle. When he was a very are more particularly interesting to small boy he was walking with at the districts in which the corps were smaller brother along Chelsea As mised; but their writers occasionally they were about to goes the end of The latest number of the Rhymour touch more than the fringe of large Cheyne How a large hat, propelled papers is not likely to travel east of events. The diary of Sergeant David by a gust of wind, qe spinning out Suez, it is privately printed for mem Caineron, late of the Scottish Horse, of that quiet street. John left his bers of the club, and therefore a few and of Muiralehouse, Blackford, brother and caught the runaway. extracts. will bo interesting to Perthshire, ie one of the most graphic Ho turnid back and saw a guant, expatriated Scows and to all who love of these newspaper contributions, batless figure. With great timidity "the witheral leaves that fall from supplemented, as it is by the persona? he restowed the bat, and the old wan old time-honoured trees." To begin experiences of a number of brother fluid a heavy hand upon his head, with the toasts, three of them ar troopers. It certainly deserves a saying kindly, "Thank you, my lad worth quoting. One is from Moray longer life than that given by the die; thank you." The incident bad [3108abire, the coustic humour of a man columns of the daily Press. Of quite been witnessed by a big Scottish who protests against tousts to other exceptional interest are the detaile policeman, who rather roughly, as people and drinks his own health of the ill-fated Gallipoli campaign, John Burns thought, seized him by "Here's to me and my wife's guda and the part played in it by the dis- the collar and said, "Look hero, my

mounted Secttish Horse.

Laddie, just rin hame and tell your fuither that he should feel prood, for the Sage of Chelsea has clapped ye on the held." It was Carlyle.

No. 129, Des Vox Road Centra Top Floor, HONGKONG

י.

Telephone No. 1833.

KEATINGS ALOZENGES

cure the warst Cough

SILIMIPOPON (SEBATTK)

-COAL

Man."

Another, familiar one on the Bar- ders, has A distinctly clannish flavour,

-

**To them that's wi' me;

To them that's wi'

Fou And damn u' ithers."

The thin, frem Aberdeen-awa, broader in its kindliness,

is

"Here's health to the sick,

Stilts to the lame, Claise to the buck,

And brose to the wame."

THE Undemigoed having been appolated Good and bad omens hold a large I Aorms for the COWIE HARBOUR DAL OU, LTD., are prepared to quote space in folklore, and some of the prices for best quality BILIMPOPON following are found furth of Beot- LUAL trimmed into Bankers at SEBAT-land, TIK or SANDAKAN (Britisk North Borneo).

FILIMPOPON COAL compares favour. ably with the better grades of Japaness Coal and gives good meals on a very moderate consumption.

"A bonnie blue sky

To welcome the bride, As she gangs to the kick Wi' the sun on her side."

'er

Steamers calling at SEBATTI SANDAKAN exclusively for BILIMFO POR COAL (either cargo or Bankar & still commoner one is, art exempt from payment of all Pat charges.

A Setattik Steamers are berthed along. side the Company's wharf where there is a minimum depth of 97 to 23 feet at low water Spring Tiles.

Charts of Shuko Bay (Sebatak Bar-

Single Brees and Brass-mounted Bed-bour), Prices and all other information steads, and Twin Bedsteads Sideboards, concerning the orbs had Dinner Waggons Extension Dining application to the Agents.

Tables and Chaira, Tes and Deatonal Tables, &c., Dinner Services Crockery, Glass Ware, Cooking Stoves, Cutlery Toilet Sets, A, Bath Room Utensils, Ball-top Desks and Writing Tables, Bandry Electro-Plated Ware

Electric Reading Lamps, Blackwood and Teakwood Serpen, Blackwood Furniture, including large 4-Fold Black- wood Screen with -Coloured Panels, Side Tables, di, Engravings, Pictures, ée, &c, Tennis Poles and Net, Iron Sale

Alio

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BRADLEY & CO., LTD.,

Agents Gowie Harbour Coal Company, Limited.

TO LET

TO LET,"

**West wind for the hairn

When ga'an for its name; And ruin to the corpse. Carried to its lang kame."

The bad omens are more numerous than the good ones, for the reason,

The Scottish Horse, it will be remembered, had the honour of being one of the regiments chosen to hold the lures at Gullipoli unitil the lust moment, and a description is given

of the preparations for embarkation. DIVIDEND PAID OUT OF CAPITAL

There were wire defences right back to the beach, and emplace mecta for our machine-guns were prepared as intervals all the way [down, so that if it became necessary to fight a rearguard action we should do so under the most favourable cir existances. Then "right along the ring line we placed boxes at intervals, each containing a lighted These curxiles varied in length, and at the foot of each was

candle.

A very important decision was given by the Court of Appeal recently in appeal arising out of the action of The ammonia Soca Company: Chân”. berlain and others? The question was whether as a proposition of law a com pazy could declare dividend out of current year's profits although the works ing of the business in previous years had resulted in a loss. In this rate the company's property consisted of brine flows and altbeds in Cheshire. It was acquired by a group of financiers and a company was promoted to write it, the capital of the company being represented by ahares. For some years outgoings

a detonator which would go of when exceeded returns. It was then, dis-

INTIMATIONS

THIS BOOK FREE. „Send a pourcard with your address and this bandaorsa, illustrated, dojale. will be mailed you by return. “Ițin not just a caialogue... It ought to be in the hands of 'svety cydlat

·wehus wishes to know the difference between a rank high-grade, bicycle 'and the other wirt, between the

RALEIGH

"THRFALL-STEEL, BICYCLE

and other bicycles made of malicable iron castings. Send for It to-day and details of the famou all-steel bicycle which, with Dunlop. tyres and "Starmsy-Archer three spond gest, is recognized the world. over an The Bruisli, Masterpiece. BALEIGH CYCLE CO, LTD.

NOTTINGHAM, Exozand.

WAR NEWS.

OFFICIAL BRITISH ARMY STILL GOING

STRONG

JOHNNIE WALKER-Still going strong that's the slogan. It's been mine since 1820." JOHNNIE:WALKER “White Label.”... 6 years old. JOHNNIE WALKER "Red Label xo years old. JOHNNIE WALKER Black Label." "1 years old. Guaranteed same quality throughout the world

Agents General, CALDBECK, MACGREGOR & Co.

JOHN WALKER & SONS, LE. Scores Wetske Distillera, KILIARESE, SCOTLAND.

(Mitsubishi Col

COAL DEPARTMENT.

SOLE PROPRIETORS OF

TAKASHIMA, OCHI MUTANS

KHIDARE, JOSHINOTAKI»

SHINNEW, KAMITAMADA, BIRAL OJO,NAMAZUTA.BAYO KANADA

& OXUBARI COLLIKRIES.

AGENT FOR SAKITO COLL.

the flame reached it. The purpose covered that the spit-bed far exceeded MITSUBISHI GOSHI KWAISHA in value ita valuation 4 valued was to produce an impression of riflip the balance sheet. The directors fire ut intervals. · The cuse succeed-uroposed to bave this asset which formed ed, and there was answering rifle fire circulating capital revalved and on the revaluation issued preference shares: from the enemy lines long after our From the money so to hand they de

clared the dividenda, the working of the own trenches had been abandoned.siness for each year showing a profit There was never a hitch in the The oaicess of the Company in 1916 was substantially acquired by another organisation of the evacuation, says group of financiers-Brunner, Mond and the Sergeant. Everything had been Co-and having the voting power they perfectly arranged. At every turns passed a resolution that for the reason turned out the former directors and in our path lanterns had been put given the dividends declared in the yea as we have heard it suggested, that

1013-15% were ultra tirer and they up..datkened

panca preventing their claimed in the action that the directors, there are more pessimists than

beatus becoming noticeable to the who were now the defendants, should

ordered personally to repay the anje. optimiste among the old people who indulge in the habit of quoting them. and on the obscuring paint The decision of Mr. Justice Peterson arrows had been traced pointing the cismissing the action was regarded in ་ ་ "It is cooutit unlucky to puirt way to the beach. As we got further blue and in level circles as quite no doubt this. City as little less than a bolt from the frien' wear running water.”.

to the opinion expressed obiter no doubt matite Steel Co 1909, I Ch., 253 and Dovey v. Cory, 1901, A.C. 477, in which down that a company was not at liberty to write off to capital losses incuriel

year, and if the receipts of that i previous years or in many debsequent BAYON exceeded the outgoings to pay a dividend out of such excess without frst making up the tour on capital seconal. Mr. Gore Browne

K.C., for the Company, argued

To see the new meen over the left down and into open ground the tracks shoulder," or " through glass.” It a cock crow at iidnight." Il a strange dog bark at your door

if the dog does this at night, it

foretells death.

The sayings are a motley collection

Carpets, Braas Venders, few lots AAGE ROOM on 2nd Floor of and of vaned quality; and some of

Fire Brases, &c.

Two PIANOS.

And

Three No. 5 ROYAL TYPEWRITERS,

-To be sold without reserve.

Fuß Particulars from Catalogus)

Trans-Cashi

HUGHES & HOUGE,

Auctioneers

Hongkong, Feb. 6, 1918

FOR SALE

FOR SALE

110.

Tructions to sell of their Bales MRE. Undersigned have received in-

Rooms, No. 8, Des Voux Road, Camper of Ice House Street

MOTOR YACHT:

Built 1018, had very little usage, Hull

Teskwood

Prine Building.

Apply to

E. M. H. NEMAZER. Hongkong. Feb. 8, 1918.

119

TO LET TURNISHED HOUSE at Mount

Davis, Pokfumar Road, for Febru ary, March and April, Rent moderate.

Apply-

HE GOLDSMITH, P. W. D. Hongkong, Jan. 14, 1918

TO LET

40

FFICES in Teck Building

HOUSES on Ebameen, Canton. Kent Apply toma TBY HONGKONG, LAND INVEST-

∙MENT & AGENCY CO Lars

TO LEE

THMEDIATE ENTRY, four very desirable 8HOPS situated in Ice Houser Strest, opposite the Grand Hotel. recently reconstructed

For rent and other parí

to the Manager: Hongkong Les Co., Ltd

Length, water-me 29 over all 36:45 Connaught Bond Central.

Beam RAL Draft.

Moter “Scripps”, fleavy doty 14 HP Complete with Lavatory, Refrigerator, Saft of Bails, and all AccessoriCE, 2 Price and fall particulars may d dfrom the Murder

HUGHE HOUGH

Hongkong, August 1917.

TO LET

300

FIUE in Nathan Road, Kowloon?

Kowloon

the Buchen ones are characteristic of the North Country.

Mony ane's lum reeks wi his nei bor's coal.!

Mony ane rides braw w his nei bor's gear.

An' mony une lauchs to hide a tear."

He diens aye ride when he sad- dles."

Aye bode a silk gown, and ye'll maybe get a sleeve o't."-

Nover tak a bye-road when ye can get a high road.

* Mony a ane begins wi' a ben and

ends wi" a herrin

Two sayings from Roxburghshire

The Man Who Gets There.

Is the man has blood real rich red blood and of it-in his body.

VATERBURY'S METABOLIZED COD LIVER OIL COMPOUND

hourishing

were imperfect, but we never had any doubt as to our course. Much of the four on the peninsula was damaged by the rains, and it was spread along the trail we were to follow just as we used to scatter abavings in the games at hounds and bores.

ST. COLUMBA'S PONT STREET.

bo

in such cases as R. Bond v. Barrow Bleo- |

the rule appeared to have been ind

the appeal for five days, but the Court was against him and disassed the appeal, laying down for the first time that eirenting capital need not be kept up before a dividend out of current year's profit might legally be used for payment of dividend

No Presbyterian Church is better known thon St. Columba's Font Street, Belgravia. Every Scot who passes through London hears of it; Society in London is mude aware of its existence by the number of fashionable weddings within its walls. HOW NERVE TROUBLES

BEGIN.

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TWABAKE Cable Address Colon-41, AB. C. 5th Ed., Western Union, and Beatley's

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TRAM here the mischief starta, An nourish blended harmoniously, partly by comm

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