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WEDNESDAY, MAY 23, 1918.

AUCTION.

Hughes & Hough

ÁDUTTONKERS TO THE GOVERNMENT.

Genaral Anationeers

Brokers and Commission

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G

COTTON YARN TRADE AT

HONGKONG.:

THE CHINA MAIL.

THE FRENCH COAST' his prey, the espigne pilit is, perhaps

the for the submarine mont dreads."

Within the sheltering arm of one of the FRANCE'S PART IN THE WAR ONbskwaters, there is a station of French

D-BOLTS.

in o, 2, rankis IN TUK

CHRANILK,

DAILY

WITH THE FRENCH FLEÈT.

submarinen. Like park of wolfhounds beside their kennels, half-a-dozen of ther basked ingently in the sunshine" -Sonse of the crews lelled about the pontoon with An air of holiday ease that seemed to pro... · text that they were quite crdinary mortals, that there was nothing singular in being stik dvs atbeina deep in a steel)

PUBLIO-AUCTION,

PARTICULARS and Conditions of the Share, Coal and General Produce held on BIONDAY, the 27th day of lothing by Fublic Auction Sale, to be

May, 1918, at 3 p.m.. at the Offices of the Public Works Department, by Order of of CROWN LAND at Repulse Bay. in His Excellency the Governor, of One Lot the Coleny years, with the option of renowal sb Farna inde from cheap Chinese and convey came in: so we lay down in cinner in their cuddy, evilently preferring |

of Hongkong, for a term of 75 Cross Rent to be fixed by the Surveyor of His Blajesty the King, for one further term of 75 years.

Agents,

PROPRIETORS

To=KWA+W%n" Coal Storage.

Qodes used

Bentley's

4th & 5th Editions.

A Telegraphic Code.

Telegraphic Address.

"MORIAM.”

PUBLIO

HONGTONG.

AUCTION.

FREE Undersigned have received instrue- tions we all by Public Auction,

(FOR ACCOUNT OF THE CONGELADO),

ON.

SATURDAY,

the 25th May, 1916, at 10.30 am..

at their Eales Rooms, No. 8.

Des Vox Road, Corner of

les Rouse Strack,

BUNDRY

HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE &*, (Removed to Sales Rooms for Convenience of Sale)

Including a quantity E.-P. and Silver

Ware -

Viz. Cruets, Salt Cellars, Flower Vases, Large Clock, Ornaments, Large Vases, Photo Frames, Serviette Rings, dc. ti..

Two Badilles, Lady's and Gent's. One Oliver Typewriter (as new)

Ako

Piano by Collard & Collard in splendid condition.

And

Pair Twin Brass Becis, Box and Hair Mattresses.

Terms :-Cash.

HUGHES & HOUGH,

Avationsers..

Hongkong, May 20, 1918

PUBLIO AUCTION.

kvality.

Registry N

Particulars of the Eot.

1.

(.

It

ft. ft,

AmiralRent

A sailor stood out on the parapet of ones, nothing in that roliny, mysterious

mundant said it woull be a half-hour ere vessels I examined, the men were basing of the old forts, Bagiwagging. The Com. underworld to which you and I could not easily accusioni outselves," On one of the

According to a report by Mr. George F. Anderson, U. S. Consul General Hong- kong, the hold Japanese fina-cuunt yarns hare secured in the past two years in the Hongkong market for knitting yarna, to the exclusion of 'American and British knitting yarn has been confirmed in a at the present time practically no conclusive way during the past year, and

American or British yarn is coming into not only out of the fact that Japanese the field. This situation has developed

Indian cotton and shipped on subsidized steamers at special rates of freight can the heather to enjoy the play of sunshine be sold at prices far below the quotable on sky and wave, and to dream over what prices on American and British yarns, wo had already seen. Fur below but also because of the increasing ditiestratehed, on one hand, the bay, a purple ulty of securing yarns from either the United States or Great Britain at any sheet scarcely sniffed, reaching out arms price.

into its clouded circle of hills; on the other, the Atlantic, whipped white hy w smart west wind.

I

its narrow spugness to the windy spaces

of the neighbouring sheds. But, however the sailor any test years must pass ere the submarine as anything but an extra the landsama's mind is brought to recept

ordinary and alarming thing.

True, the newer 4ype show great A recent order for cs placed in the

improvement, apert from their War Laitor States at 82.30 Hongkong.

machazziana Bad material.. Ja one I currency, or about $1.6 gold, per pound and amounting to about $20,000 in value. The other day this would have incant into seven sections-petty officers" quar- visited, the undersea deck was divided has not yet been filled while Japanese ale plan. 150, 89.62 gold, 20/15 at 90 33 gold, and 18/12 penre-time memories--the noble expanse berths, petrol engines,

30/1s are selling at the equivalent of to me no more than; any" like scene etter, accumulators, the central post/und. perise, chamber, officers' cabin and at 8143 gold. In short the Japanese small-equnt yarns have the entire before New York, the roadstead of Liver quarter and econotny of space has surely..

ant? crew' knitting yarn market in South China at the present time, and coly revolution pool fall of homing birds from all the never been carried out so ingeniously. in American prices will effect any change oceans, the narrow gate beside forgotten Fhelmed electric stoves permit the cock- Tazy, or the sapphire crescent betweening of food without any failing of the atmosphere and the oxygen generators Aside from this phase the year's re Capri and Ischia. No ore than stand air purifiers are said to work well. cord was remarkable for the fact that sufficient book of hoary romance. It is In the French navy, only volunteers are nover in the history of the trade has it experienced such violent #nctuations in all here, in the narrow streets of a famous engaged for the submersibles, and they prices or sach rapid changes in con- port, and at a hundred mooringthe are never lacking. ditions as it has during the past year.

FOR SALE

FOR SALE

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in the situation.

ALESEND 100 THE PEAK J6 Rooms.

Apply C. H. GALE,

P. W. D. Hongkong, Mar. 28, 1918.

YEAR'S UNPRECEDENTED FLUCTUATIONS,

In January tens counts were quotedetuff that makes the sea-life most poign

of the destroyers, gun-boats, torpedo- Our halt-bene is up: I luve aus nothing

at $119 to $132, or, at exchange therant of human affairs; every battered hull, beats, mino-sweepers, trawlers, and mis. prevailing, from 8872 to 874 48 gold, per bale. advanced to around $200 local currency that would set or hearta aire.. If that

In August the price had every storm-cut, lace hints at some talecellaneous scouts that carry on the police or at exchange then ruling $140, gold, per bals. At that time cotton was were all!

When a little quoted at $0.43 a pound. 277 later it fell to 80 there was a corres- ponding collapse in the yarn market that all bat ruined many Hongkong insporters.

FOR SALE.

Immediately thereniter silver took its great-dlight in price and exchange rose 525-LADYS MUFF and CAPE to paint where business in cotten yarn COLLARS of Real Fur Blacktion between middlemen and importors, was simply impossible. Only a combina. Skins, and two White Furs at $10 each by which it was arranged that no im Apply from 12 to 7 p.m. "Room 68.portations should be made until the KING EDWARD HOTEL

[447 supply of yarn on the local market could be cleared at hiring prices, saved the business from complete ruin. The re- covery of cotten later on saved the situation, and the continued advance in

FOR SALE.

PEARL FIN-CRAVAT; Photo-appar Koiak-Catridge No. 4 with Depp Anast. Goetz Apply from 18-7 pm. 443 King Edward Hotel, Room 66.

FOR

SALE.

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WORTHER AM? THAN WAR.

There is so much more that we are like ly to forget that the tighter must first be a suilor; the wielder of shell, torpedo, and depth-charge must first have graduated in diore ancient and worthier arts. It only for this, it is good to come and live for a few days with the men of the Fleet, to read in their blue eyes and slow words what strength and calm ú cleaner atrife

the value of stocks following advances ate, and this other warfare does bat in the price of cotton during the closing dever: the strong calm of this lovers of months of 1917 brought about so much the sea, for whor better conditions that some of the dealers will be able to show substantial profits for the year in spite of the extraordinary crisis through which the business has passed.

"TRADE BOT" CP TO AVERAGE,

»

The traca in parn in general was not

THE Undersigned have received instrue. CSU-PEARL THREAD NECKLACE stesse in volume or profit

tions to sell by Public Auction.

(FON ACCOUNT OF THE CONCHAXID).

ся

THURSDAY,

the 30th May, 1818, at 2.30 p.m...

at No. 2, Kimberly Villas,

Top Floor, Kowloop.

AUNDRY

VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD

FURNITURE,

therein contained.

Consisting of :- Teakwood Sidebard, Table, Chairs, Settee and Card Table (specially made and coloured to owner's design), up- holstered Arm-chairs and Covers, Teak- wood Twin Beds, Dressing Table Chest- f-drawers, Crockery and Glassware, £ç.. fc.

Also

and PEARL PIN-CRAVAT. Apply from 19 to 7 pm. Room S King Edward Hotel

TO LET

TO LET.

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TURNISHED FLAT in Queen's

Gardens, from lat June

Apply to

14200 bales, of which 38,000 bales The total arrivals for the year are placed

"Earth beside her and heaven above

her

Seem but shadows that wax and

waze."

Alas! our basing is only with this base interpolation in the glorious azzala

of the sex-the enemy submarine-and were Japanese and substantially the the measures that have been taken to whole of the balance was Indian. The

arrivals for 1916 were 154,150 bales, of meet its a story that will worrie day, whan

em the consays in particular; and the wirk of the French coast in general, and |

chief arrival of today's time-table is signalled. A dozen tramps are rounding the cap in a long queue, with a destroyer

watchdogs on their Banks All are safe (and a frídky trawler leading, and other and well: the voyage from the British ciner has passed without trouble.

YOUR EYES

SHOULD NOT BE NEGLECTRI

At the first symptom

which 25,300 were Japanese and the the sailor has gone back to his own work, of eye strain you should

balance Indian. The sales for 1917 are.

placed at 94,00 bales, and there is car:] be classed with the exploits of Capt.: ried over a stock of something like f0,00 Kidd and the Barbary pirstes. It is a bales, a considerable portion of which has been sold but not yet cleared.

consult us.

THEATRE

INTIMATIONS

ROYAL

T. DANIEL FRAWLEY

PRESENTS

THE FRAWLEY COMPANY

IN A SERIES OF NEW AND CURRENT SUCCESSES.

TO-NIGHT!

"THE

THURSDAY, May, 23rd. FRIDAY,

May 24th SATURDAY,

May 25th.

Prices

TO-NIGHT!!

HOUSE OF GLASS.

"THE BOOMERANG"

“TIGER ROSE”

SEVEN KEYS TO

BALDPATE"

$3, $2 & $1.

Booking at MOUTRIE'S,

Curtain 9.15 p.m. sharp.

PHILIP CARLTON, Manager,

TO-NIGHT!

VICTORIA THEATRE.

AT 9.15.

WAR FILMS

WHAT IS HAPPENING IN ENGLAND.

"THE WORK OF THE WOMEN'S LAND ARMY” "WOOLWICH ARSENAL AND ITS WORKS"

"UNITED STATES TROOPS IN LONDON "" British Official Films of live and recent pictures of intense interest to Children as well as 'Adults will be shown, Under the distinguished patronage of

His Excellency the Governor, SIB HENRY MAY, K.C.M.G., LL.D. His Excellency Major General F. VENTRIS

His Honour the Chief Justice, Sm WILLIAM RES DAVIES.

We best

Dress Circle Stalls

Pit

grueniess, thankless work of police the eyes scientifically and fit Aside from the grast fluctuations in Allie-France taking her full share-glasses to individual re- back by political troubles and disturbed have to carry on at immense cost on the quirements.

prices above noted the trade was bold

conditions in the interior districts of

China, where the greatest field for cotton seas, with no reward but u bare security, yarns exista. Then, too, the high range for it is hardly to be hoped that the of prices has been such as to

to restrict

the price of cotton yarn or cotton piece come except as a part of victory in the Chinese consumption, for just us soon sa complete suppression of this post con

427 goods in China gets beyond a certain

PERCY SMITH, SETH & FLEMING.

Hongkong, May 16, 1918.

ICE CHEST, BATE, STOVE, &c, de, NO.

And

BABY'S COT.

(Fall Farticulars from Catalogue). On View from the 20th at 9 pim

Tormis-Cash.

HUGHES & HOUGH,

Auctioneers. Hongkong. May 18, 1918.

BANK

TO LET

TO.1 CARNARVON ROAD, Kowloon well built Two-Storey European Hoose, good Locality.

Apply to

VAST POLICE STATION.

point the Chinese grow their own cotton chief field.. spin. their own 'yarn, and weave their Gwn cloth. There has been a great revival of native cotton production and

So our rocks eyrie has the air of being apinning in the past two years in South China, and continued high prices of the central post of à vest police station, of the world will stimulate the industry added; a modern equivalent of the muni cotton in the United States and the rest with something of

railway station farther.

મ

BRITAIN'S WAR BOND FLEET.

cipal stronghold on a medieval caravan route, a place where the road-guards

CLARK & CO.

"PK BLOGS. CHATER RO

HONGKONG

HONGKONG & MANILA.

C/o Messrs. Jonsson, STOKES & MONEY FOR 184 SHIPS, 4,000 AERO-change and the convoys are formed MITSUBISHI SHOJI

YU KAM HING,

MASTER

Hongkong, April 30, 1018.

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THE BANK OF TAIWAN, LIMITED (TAIWAN GINKO).

InconFORATED BY SPECIAL ImperiaZ CHARTER, 1806.

Capital Subscribed ..... Ten 20,000,000 Capital Peir-up

Reserve Fund 1048229

20,000,000 0,680,000

HEAD OFFICE: TÄIER, "FORMOSA.

BRANCHES:

JAPAN-Kont, OSAKA, TONTO AND Yozo-

BAMA.

FORMUSA-AKO, GIAN, Kacı, Kakzone' A KEELUNG, MARUNG, PIKAN, SHIN- CHIKU, TAU, TAINAN, TAXON, CHINA-AMÓT,

CANTON

FOOCHOW, HANKOW, KIUEIANG, STANOFIAL, SWATOR, OTHERS BATAVIA, BOMBAY, HOMOKONG, LONDON, SINGAPORE, SOERANATA, SIMABANG AND NAW-YORS..

"LONDON BANKERS": ofpital and Counties Bank, London, and South-Western Bank, Parr's Bank.

The Bank bas Correspondents in the Commercial centies of Russia. Man churio, Indo-China, India, Philippine Islanda, Java, Australia, America and elsewhere.WW DAY WIS

Interest allowed on Current Account. Fixed Deposits, and Savings Deposita at rates which will be quoted ou Capplication

YANAGITA,

Manager.

HONGKONG BRANCH

Des Your Road. Hongkong May 1, 1918

TO LET.

188

PLANES AND 15,000 TANKS.

Down below us, swinging gently to the tide, a flock of little tramps and larger During Business Men's Week eacb town was given the definite task of cargo-boats wait their turn to be shep- investing in War Bonds sufficient money herded out upon the bext stage of their to by a war vessel or aeroplanes various Odyweg. There is very little Reckoning only towns with populations over 10,000, suficient money was sub separate voyaging for average traders Bech nowadays; and, as far pasidary

shouted together

in daily-changing 400,000 250,000 groups, they hug the shore, and, accord, ing to circumstances, choose night or day

PESIDENTIAL FLAT in Prince's scribed to buy:-

Building..

Apply to-

7 Super Dreadnoughts...£2,200,000 44. Light Cruisers.....

Monitors...

41 Deatrozera

309

63 Batmarines.

4,000

THE BONGKONG LAND INVEST

·MENT & AGENCY.CO., LTD. Hongkong, April 8, 1918.

No

TO LET.

TO. 67 THE PEAK, “LUSTLEIGH",

HOUSES on Shamoen, Canton.

Apply tom

THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST-

MENT & AGENCYX Co., Lab.

TO LET.

IMMEDIATE ENTRY tour very House Street, opposite the Grand Hotel, desirablo SHOPS situated in Ico rocantly reconstructed***

For rent and other particulars apply to the Manager, Hongkong Ice Co., Ltd.: 48 Connaught Road Central.

Hongkong, August 2, 1917.

TO LET.

2008-

FLAT in Nathan Road, Kowloon

Four roomed houses in Bowloon,

Apply to HUMPHREYS ESTATE & FINANCI

Aleramira Buildings. Hongkong Angst 15, 1917. 10

Aeroplanes

150,000 1000 2,500

Liverpool, whose task it was to pre-

vide one super-Dreadnought, subscribed

ABATER

Behind one of the hills bounding the

more than enough to bay five. London bay lies one of the chief stations of subscried enough for a fleet of 16,000 dirigibles and captive balloons. Most of Tanks. Those East Coast towns which

have suffere most directly from, the the amateur prophesy of ten years ago German policy of war on civilisos have has gone wrong over these rather unbandy almost without exception exceeded their

gnota handsomely. Among them are onstars, whose chief usefulness lies in West Hartlepool, Scarborough, Bull, their power of hovering and continuously Whitby, Lowestoft, and Southend.

Of the half-milion raised on Tak Day at Shoreditch, £900,000 was collect ed by the major £50,000 coming from his personal frirvida.:

The Man Who Gets There

Is the man who has blood real rich red blood and plenty of this body

WATERBURY'S METABOLIZED COD LIVER OIL COMPOUND

makes blood-lots of it-la giving brafa, nourishi strength replenishing blood.

OF ALL CHEERSTS"

PRICES 3125 “43 2238

KAISHA, LTD. (Mitsubishi. Trading Co.)

COAL, GENERAL IMPORTS and.

EXPORTS.

SOLE PROPRIETORS OF TAKASEMA OCHI, MUTABE MAIKISHIDARE, YOSHINOTANI HOJO,NAMAZUTA, BATO, KANALA, SHINNEW, KAMIYAMADA, BIBAI, and OYUBARI COAL MINES.

AGENTS FOR SAKITO COAL

Head Office:-TOKYO,

Representatives

examining a limited area. A gale puts Branches and them cut of action; but in good weather they do valuable service in watching the

Nagasaki. Kamatau, Wakamatan, Moli, estuaries, and straits that would otherwise Kare, Kobe. Osaka Tsuruga, Nagoya, be the enemy's richest hunting ground

2 UQDAT SORT DURADED FOR

At the opposite side of the buy, in a Dove that is normally busy with the comings and goings of fishing smacks, 1 spent several hours, at one of the eb of aviation centres of the French navy, Ale patrols take an increasing part in the antiqubmarino defanos. Until

jilane

Yokohama, Tokyo Hakodata, Muretan Otaru, Vladivostock, Peking Tientsin, Dairen, Trinaniu, Hankow Shanghai Tafpeh, Hongkong Canton. Haiphong. Manila, Bingapore Calcutta London:

and New York

Cable Addressș Hongkong IWASAKI".

Bea Canton, Haiphong IWAYARFJALL squadrillas can be brought up to Contes—A]; A. B. C. 5th E1.* the needed number, a few aeroplanes are

employed, but it is essentially a neval

Western Union and Bentley's

service and it is rapidly adding to the Agency for THE OSAKA MARINE A & PIRE INBURANDE, COM aviator'lardihood factio appropriate

to the strange condition of the task. With few but terrible bomos, his power of soaring high and seeing larg Mäd

than cf snooping, down in a moment Spon

For Partionl

"LIDE ORAKAD

Man

BOOKING at MOUTRIE'S:

$2.00 Reserved Seats

1.00 Unreserved

50.cts. (Soldiers and Sallors in

uniform Half-Price).

Children Half Price to all seats.

1814

ESTABLISHED

100 YEARS. 1914

JOHN

HADDON

AND CO

Export and Import Agents

FOR ONE HUNDRED YEARS in the CITY OF LONDON we have acted as Buying and Selling Agents for Traders,Storekeepers, Growers of Colonial Produce.

Are you requiring the services of London Agents to promote your interests? --We shall be pleased to enter into correspond- ence with a view to arrangin terms to mutual advantage

KIZE BANK CREDITS!! AREANGEIR CASU ADVANCED AGAINST SHIPMENT

JOHN

HADDON

AND CO

Colonial Merchants and Produce Agents,

SALISBURY SQUARE, LONDON, EC.