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SATURDAY, APRIL 27, 1918.

Hughes & Hough

AUCTIONEERS TO THE GOVERNMENT.

General Anotioneèrs #hero. Coal and Gaperül Produce Brokery and Dominiasion Agents.

PROPRIETORS

*T+Kwa+Wan" Coal Storage.

Codes und

Bentley's

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4th & 8th Editions.

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Telegraphic Code.

Telegraphic Address

"KEDON* HONGKONG..

PUBLIC AUCTION,

THE Undersigned have received in- structions frou: the Administrator of WILLIAM CHARLA

of the Estate

Pesetary deceaseci to sell by Public

Auction,

on

MONDAY,

the 20th day of April, 1919, at 15 Noor, At their Sules Rooms. No. & Des Voeux Road, Corner of Ice House Street,

THE VALUABLE LEASEHOLD PROPERTIES

Situate at Ma-tau-kok, Kowloon, in the Colony of Hongkong and registered in the Land Office as Kowloon Inland Lot Six 1094 and Kowloon Inland Lot

No. 1109.

The Properties cuasist of:-

Lot 1-All that piece or parcel of ground situate at Ma-tau-kok in the Dependency of Kowloon and Colony of Hongkong and registered in the Land thee as Kowloon Inland Lot No. 1094.

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This Lot has an area of 1,50,000

ft. or thereabouts and hell for the unexpired residue of the term of seventy-five years (renewable) crated thereia by an lodenture of Crown Lease dated the

Lot 2-All that piece or parcel of ground situste at ba-tau-kok afore said and registered in the Land Kowloon Inland Lot Utfice as

No. 1106.

nha

This Lot adjeins Lot 1, has an aren of 45,000 sq. ft. or thereabouts held for the expired residue of the term of seventy-five years (repowablo) crusted therein by an Indenture of Crown Lease dated the 26th day of November, 100 suhject to an annual Crown rent of $238,00.

Messrs. WILKINSON & GRIST,

Solicitors,

the

AUCTIONS.

PUBLIC AUUMION.

THE Undersigned have received intane

tions to sell by Public Aneson, (FOR ACCOUNT OF TIK CONÇURÍAD)});

оп

MONDAY,

th April 1918, at 9.30 p.m.. st | No. 1. Ainus Villas. (Corber of Austin,

Avenue and Kimberly Road),

THE SUNDRY

HOUSERULD FURNITURE, &c... therein contained. Comprising :--

te.

THE CHINA MAIL.

GERMAN IRON-MASTERS | Vide will/1O JUUT

AMBITIONS

FRENCH LORRAINE MUST.

ANNEXED.

PEACE AND IRON MUST BE COMBINED.

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Furzemelered - Chatranes for our groete"

to all counties now at war with pa but also the right to nequirund BExploit from mines, and to export their produce without let or hind-

*tanov.

..

"An industry which employs two inillion men and gives brendi te eight millions of the Ciennat population must be placed in a secure position and have a foundation on which it At a festival conference of the can build a fubune. The extension combined iron and steel industries of of our frontier, necessary for securing the German Empire, held in Berlin, our industrial future, must not be aixi attended by the leading repre-spoken of as annexation; ouly narrow strips of frontier are in question, and sentatives of the mining and smelting these may be won in the shape of Large Hallstand. (Howell mach conteerus in Westphalia. Lorraine and utilisations of frontier. Upholstered Sofa and Chairs, Pictures Silesia, Dr. Reichert, chairman of the The lecturer then addressed him- Bedsteads, Wardrobes, Dressing Table,various industries. addressed the self to the importance of the French Washstands, etc., etc., Bath Rocru,

gathering on Ore and Iron in Ger-iron basins of Briey and Longwy for Pantry and Kitchen Utensils,

the German iron and steel industries.. Alio

many's Future" ·

"Just as German Lorraine was our ELECTRIC FITTINGS and CEILING

salvation in the present war, Ferncli FANS.

Lorraine will. in our bands, HAVE AN from future destruction. Our Chan- cellor has said that an enduring and Feneral pence is impossible so long as the integrity of the German Empire is not secured, and the life interests and dignity of our Fatherland con fired. We do not doubt that our highest Army Command will under- stand that among the life interests of Germany is included the annexation firms, have hitherto esercised on the of those narrow French-Loraine dis- German Government and on public tricts which include Briey and opinion in Germany. We are aware | Langwy.

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Full Particulars from Catalogue), TERMS:-Cash.

HUGHES & HOUGH,

Auctioneers. Hongkong. April 23, 1919.

THE

PUBLIC AUCTION.

His speech was not one of those light-hearted and inespousible utters ahoes from Becord-mite men which are often served up to us, but the weil-considered views of a leading 333 man in a responsible position in the gradest German industry. Wo are aware of the intinence which the iron and steel magnates, with the closely affiliated atomument und munition

Endersigned have received instrus

tions to sell by Public Auction,

[PO ACCOUNT OF THE CONCERNED),

01

TUESDAY,

the 30th April 1918, commencing ut 2.30 pm, at their Sales Rooms, No. &, Des Voux Road, Corner of

Ice House Street,

AN ASSORTMENT OF HOUSEHOLD LINENS, &c.

Comprising:

Plair

Singla and Double

and Hemstitched Sheets, Pillow Cases, Bed Quilts, Table Cloths, Pure Linen Damask Serviettes, Bath Sheets, Bath Towels, Turkish Towels, Blankets,

(Full Particolare from Catalogue). Tru-Cash.

of the vast wealth at their disposal, and of the fatul-use they have made of the influential Prose in thei: pay. Her in De. Beichert's addresy we have a flugrans instance of the on- covenanted mercies of these people who have learns nothing, who have forgotten nothing, and who are as ready and enger as ever to pursue the ok! courses which have led to such disaster.

BRITAIN SURPASSED.

The following ure some of the most important passages in Dr. Reicbert's 369 address-

HUGHES & FOUGE,

Auctioneers. Hongkong, April 28, 1915.

PUBLIC AUCTION.

(FOR ACCOUNT OF THE CONCERNIC),

ON

▾

TUESDAY,

the 30th April, 1918, commenting at 1.30 p.m., at their Sales Rooms, No. 8, Des Voeux Road, Corner of Tez HOUBз STREET.

BLACK WOOD TEAKWOOD AND

AND TEAR FURNITURE BRASS TWIN BEDSTEADS, CURTAINS. CARPETS, &c., ., AND AN AB80RTMENT OF USHFUL HOUSEHOLD GOODS, As follows:- Area-chairs and Chesterfield Sofas, Card

THE LONG-HANGE GUN.

"Stingaree" writes to the Stateras of Calcutta-About 2 years ago there was invented in America a gun in which the shock of recoil was eliminated by firing the gun in opposite directions simultanously. The breech is in the centre of the barrel and, while the shell is projected from one end, there is a charge of small shot or similar material fired from the other end. The force of the explosion is thus taken up in equal and opposite directions and recoil is eliminated. The object of this invention was to enable guns of comparatively

to be used a large calibre aeroplanes. There is naturally loss of muzzle velocity, but as the Scrop-

on

C.B

POTTED

MEATS.

15 VARIETIES.

ALL. DELICIOUS AND APPETISING, GAME, HAM, CHICKEN AND TONGUE, ETC, ETC. Prepared by a celebrated Chef ünder ideal conditions of cleanliness and selection.

IN GLASS, TINS AND WHITE JARS.

ONE OF THE BEST OF

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CROSSE & BLACKWELL'S

CELEBRATED TABLE DELICACIES..

AGENTS: FOR LEL À PERRĪKS WORCESTERSHIRE. SAUCE

DJ.Collis Browne's

BY APPOINTMENT

·Ta H1M. HE KING

Chlorodyne

THE ORIGINAL AND ONLY GENUINE.

དག མར མངལཀྱི་

DIARRHŒAy and is the only

Specific. 11

CHOLERA

End-

DYSENTERY.

Chacko and amy cha

FEVER, 'CROUP, AGUE.

The Best Remedy known, for

COUGHS, COLDS,

ASTHMA, BRONCHITIS. The only Palliative in

NEURALGIA, GOUT, RIETUMATISM. Chlorodyne is a liquid taken in dreps, graduated socording to the malady. It invariably relieves pain of whatever kind: creates a caim rateshing 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. - CONVINDING MEDICAL TESTIMONY WITH EACH BOTTLA Ness Genuine without the mods Dr. J. Coils Bruman's Chiarodyne on the Stomp.

Said by all Chenīsis,

Prices in England,

1/14, 2/9, 4/8.

**In our struggle for existence, oreinne could approach the object aimed ing Company's service for over 10 years. at, great range is not essential since if Captain EM. Cawary har ake bean tul iron are our inest indispensable ying low the target is quite close and in the service of the Comy for ten

material, and therefore their from a high altitude, the gun is really years.

The Hwak F was formerly the

1264

prxluction constitutes the most ini. only required to direct the projectiles German Albengia, which was captured'

& gun

of 96

Recently, there was a film 26th day of November; 1901 subjectTHE Undersigned have received in-portant task of our war economics picturing one of these weapons; in one to an annual Crown rent of $230.

structions to sell by Public Auction end of the policy of the State." Dr. case a gun is find while resting on a Reichert went on to say that the German's shoulder and later on, as far as T.

shown. yun is can remember, a 4-inch

Now it a 4-inch gun has been mana- nan iron industry had freed itself completely from its British teachers, factured for aeroplane work. is it not and in any respects had surpassed possible that the Germans have develop inches for 'usa on ed the British industry. With red Zeppelins: These monsters have si to the working up and refinement much more carrying power and stability and hardening of iron and steel, the than an aeroplane that there would be British had been left far behind. little difficulty in building gendola to Not only have we beaten the British carry this gun. There would be a car. tain amount of swaying, which would technically, but also econoinically make ranging and lecurate shooting Even before the war we were able only moderately pasible. Extracting to show a production, double that of the cartridge, reloading and firing would require some considerable period of time England's smelting orghs.

owing to the size of the shell and the "Since the outbreak of war we double charge. Now both these con- in have known how to appreciate the ditions have been reported:

accurates shooting and a long period of fact that in time of peace we were

time between the shots A Zeppelin at Messrs. HUGHES & HOUGH Tables, Upholstered Spites, &c, Bed-able to conquer the world markets. 15,000 feet would hardly be noticed with

few miler range the airship room Furniture, comprising Double The iron industrialists of England, gua of a Brass and Brass-mounted Bedsteads, France, Italy and Russia combined would be practically invisible in hazy, and I totally invisible in cloudy weather Teak Twin Bedsteads, Sideboards, have been unable in this war to pro-The noise of the discharge would not be 320 Dinner Waggons, Extension Dining duce more iron than Germany alone heard to any extent as the

Tables and Chuis Tos and Occasional is fine ve though it a danger that beide projectati. horizontally in Tables, &c, Dinner Services, Crockery, our greatest iron region lay so close rarified atmosphere and, by the time Glass Ware, Cooking Stoves, Cutlery, to the frontier. Had Lorraine been they had spread sufficiently co reach the

earth, would hardly be audible. Toilet Seta, do, Bath Room Fittingsest to us, the German ore-lurid, we Apparently only the base of one of would not have been able to produce these shells has been found is no details Bandry Electro-Plated Ware.

Electric Reading Lamps, Blackwood more than a quarter of the iron and have been given of length or weight and Teakwood Screens, Blackwood steel produced in peace, or have been but only the inter. I think the Furniture, fuclading large Blackwood able to supply, our army and navy. bounds of possibility than a gun with above weapon is much more within the Sercen Side Tables, Chairs, Cabinets, dc, Dr. Reichert added that in the heavy the range of 75 miles about valch zo one &c, Engravings, Pictures, Kinkesan Flanders battles more iron was used has ever heard previously. and Brass Vases, &c. &c, Teunis Poles in a few hours than in the entire and Net, Iron Safes, Several Carpet Franco-German war.

9, Queen's Road Central OR TO

Auctioneers,

1, Den Toear Road.

Hongkong, April 18, 1918.

PUBLIC AUOTION.

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THE

HE Undersigned have received in

Atructions from the Administrator

of the Estate of WILLIAM CHARLES PLNCHARD, decoused, to sell by Public

Auction,

on

MONDAT,

he 9th April, 1918, at 12 o'clock Noon,

at their Sales Rooms, No. 8,

Des Vaux Road, Corner of

Tee House Street,

One GALVANIZED IRON SHED,

And

A QUANTITY OF

GALVANIZED IRON ROOFING,

Sue

Jr. situate at Ma-thu-kok, Kowloon. On view Now,

Tertiu-Cual

ECGUES & HOUGH,

Auctioneers. Hongkong, April, 22, 1918.

de...

3 PIANOS.

い

Fail Particulars from Catalogue). TzCasb.

HUGHES & ROUGH,

Auctioneers. Hongkong April 23, 1918. *

PUBLIC AUCTION

PEACE WITH MON ONE.

The lecturer went on to speak of Germany's dependence on foreign countries for the raw material of its iron, and steel industry. He proceed- 360 Led: We must conclude a peace.

THE Undersigned have received in- structions from T. K. DEALY, Esq,! 349 to sell by Public Auction,

AUCTION.

PUBLIC AUCTION.

COLLISION AT ›SEA.-

PENANG STEAMER SUNK.

WATOS

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by the Chinese and chartered by the Nippon Yusen Kaisha for the Japan- She has a gross ton- Calcutta line. nage of 4,634. having a dimension of 337 TX 47 6X27 4, and was built by Harland and Wolf, Ltd., Belfast, in 1893. for the Bagburg Amerika Line.

The Mary Austin was a vessel of 197 tons, built by Marshalls of Newcastle, in 1865, and was only recently put on the Fort Swenthenham-Singapore run.

Tan

Mary Austin, was originally the

Tramp owned by a Dutch firm. She came out East on the China run in 1868.

the carrying & Europeana excluding Captain (3 Officers and 3 Engineers) with masts. On charging ownership in 1885 she came to the Straits ander the command of faptain Frott (n of the S.S. Sappho her Chief Engineer at the time being the late Mr. John McClure. Captain Boyle and charge of her for many years.

GERMANY AND KIAOCHAU.

A FAMOUS TELEGRAM RECALLED."

South Africa will not hear of the sur render of Mittel-af.ika to Germany; Australia and New Zealand are equally emphatic concerning the Pacific islands. what remains Not even China over whose Kisnehu so much Germeil old The Kaiser rearded its manisition as and blool have been unavailingly spil). an act of God, and acclaimed the tenty with China in an extmordinary tele gram to his hanerilor, the late Prince Hobenlohe. The statesman wa mourning the death of his wife at thi time the treaty was executed, and his royal master made one message" suide #d to signalise the death of a woman the birth of a colony.

"Although I am aware." he wired tir his sorrow stricken Chancellor, the an The steamer Hush W, which arrived outward joy cannot HR dep at Penang on the 7th instant brought inward grief, yet I an filed with the news of a collision aho had had with the most intense happiness that. /by the Eastern Shipping Company's steamer race of God, after the terrible blo Mary Austin. It appears the tutards, which has fallest such a splendid Accor

which was proceeding rutwards, has been granted you. It is finer ward collided with the Mary Austin award for incessant sagacious work and bound at about 2.30 on Sun ley morning proud compensation for anxieties en- as the result of which the Mary Austin dured. Pray accept my Imperial grati Was sunk. The Heal Wu immediately tude and hearty orngratulations! I rendered all assistance possible, but have just emptied a ziass of champagnu unfortunately out of the 39 of the crew in your honour." Well, there is ro Ger. of the Mary dutin only seven were man flag in Kisochan to-day-London saved. Among those who were drowned Daily Chronicle. were the Captain, a Malay named, E. BI Cawory, and the Chief Engineer, Mr. Gall, who was well known in Pening the 14th day of May, 1818, at 3 o'clock shipping circles.

The late Mr. Gall, who was 45 years in the afternoon at bis Fales 'Room in Daddell Street, Victoria, Hongkong.old, was's native of Dundee, and kari a mutbar and sister at Home and a brother VALUABLE BOOKS THE VERY VALUABLE

in Calentts for whom much sympathy is

Including Books on Shakespeare,

LEASEHOLD PROPERTY, felt He had been in the Eastern Ship Transactions of the New Shakespeare Bitests in Barker Food at The Peak Society, Tissot's illustrated "Life of and comprising those pieces or parcels of ground registered in the Land Office Christ the Works of Swinburne RURAL BUILDING LOT NUM- Tennyson, Futer, Duwden Willian BER 70 and GARDEN LOT NUM Morris, Edwin Arnöki, Dickens, BER 24 together with the attractive Meredith, &, &c., &c., any French residencial huuse thereon known as

TUSCULUM Authors including Works by, Hugò, Deorges Sand, Lamartine, Maupassant, and harden and tennis court thereto Zola, Paladan, Lemaitre, Theorist, Eazin sttached Regnier, Francis Jammes, &c., &c, &t."

Works on General Constitutional and by Legal History, Books on Mathematics, Science miscellaneous collection-of

Garden Lot No. 24 contains an arca Latin and Greek Classics, several cli- of 7,800 square feet and is hall under u known Dictionaries (French, Italian, Crown Less for £1 Portuguese, Greek), Books by authorita tive writers on Rusia, Egypt, and Palesting.

PUBLIC AUCTION.

HE Vadersigned have received in- structions to sell by Public Auction (FOR ACCOUNT OF A CONCERNED,) WEDNESDAY

the 1st May, 1918, at 11 am, at No. 2 Fair View, Nathan Road, Kowloon,

THE

VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD

FURNITURE,

therein contained.

Comprising Large Chesterfield Sofa and Anu clairs. Extension Dining Table and Chairs, Glass Ware, Hete Dinner Service, etc, etc.

Bedroom Furniture, (practically new), comprising Double and Singlo Braes, Brass-muurted and Teakwood Beds Wardrobes, Dressing Tables, Wash stands, Bookcases Deska, etc, otc Pantry and Kitchen Utensils, Cabinet Gramophone and large number of Records

(Full Particulars from Catalogue). On view day of Bels,

HUGE & HOUGH,

Song April 23, 1018

MONDAY,

the 6th May, 1918, commencing at.. 10,50 a.m., at their Sales Booms, No. 8,

Dea Yeux Boid, Corner of

Ice House Stroet,

A LARGE QUANTITY OF

And

One LARGE BOOK CASE. Catalogues will be issued.

Ou view from Saturday, Ali May. Term Coah.

HUGERE & HOUGH,

R. GEO. P. LAMMERT has received MR.

instructions to sell by Public Auction,

on

TUESDAY,

IN ONE LOT

Rural Building Lot No. 70 contains an ares of 20,760 square feet and is held under a Crown Lease for 10 genre

For further particulars and conditions of male apply te pod vod MESATE DEACON, LOOKER

DEACON & HARSTON,

1 Dek You'x Road Central, Fendors Solicitors,

Me. GEO. P. LAMMEET,

Hongkong April 22nd, 191817

LOSING WEIGHT

BY THE POUND

Under Weight," a cadition of fl-health, shows year asalme Hlative powers are decreasing.

WATERCURY'S: METABOLIZED COD LIVER OIL COMPOUND

Supplies the blood with the wanted nourishing and healthy terials Very Acah building palatable

-OF "ALL"CHENESTS

Patora $1.25 Ind) 9.95

35.

"EIGHT WIVES IN 24 YEARS.”

Father Bernard Vaughan, addressing meeting at Wigmore Hall recently. at which Cardinal rourne presided; said that he hope lenfranchised women would raise awoks for no work on buddays? 1 charge them to defend the sanctity of marriage," said Father Vaughan, "and not tó encourage 'a: Bill which would entitle a man to have eight wires in 24

Nearly everybody nowadaysappoin

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distributors MAXWELL CARS.

Automobiles for Hire and

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