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FRIDAY, JUNE 28, 1915,

Hughes & Hough

AUG TONEERS TO THE GOVERNMENT.

General Auctioneers

Share, Comi and General Produce

Brokers and Commission

Agents.

PROPRIETORS

TO-KWE-Wan" Coal Storage.

Oodes used Bentley's

a. at 4th & 5th Editions.

A 1 Telegraphic. Coda

· Telegraphis Address

"MEIXION" HONGKONG.

PUBLIC AUCTION

IEE Undersigned have received instruc.

by Public Auction,

(FOB ACCOUNT OF THE()CONCRENCHD),

On

SATURDAY,-

the 99th June, 1918, at 10.30 sm., at their Sales Booms, Nog

Das Vaux Road, Corner of

Ice House Street, SUNDRY

VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD

FURNITURE,

(Removed to Sales Rooms for Convenience.

of Sale).

Comprising :--

Single Beds, Dressing Tables, Wash-

stands, Sofas, Pictures.

&C.

Also

A large COST CORNER (upholstered

silk tapestry).

And

A new SADDLE and BRIDLE.

Tests:Cash.

HUGEES HOUGH,

Auctioneers.

Hongkoux. Jaac 26, 1918.

PUBLIC AUCTION,

548

THE Cndersigned, have received it strac tions to sell by Public Auction, (TUR ACCOUNT OF THE CONCEIZED),

WEDNESDAY,

the 3rd July, 1918, commencing at 1.30 p.m. at their Sales Rooms No. 8.. Des Voeux Road, Corner of

Ice House Street,

AN ABSORTMAST OF

"

HOUSEHOLD LINENS, 404

Comprising -

Scalloped Pillow Cases, Sheets and Bed Quilts, Single and Double Plain and Hemstitabed Sheet Pillow Cases, White Satin Quilts, Table Cloths, Pure Liner Damask Serviettes, Bath Sheets, Bath Towals, Turkish Towels, Glass Cloths,

Terms: Cash,

· HUGHES & HOUGE,

Auctioneers Hongkong. June 27, 1918.

-

631

PUBLIC AUCTION.

THE bic Auction THE Undersigned bave received in-

(FOR ACCOUNT OF THE CONCERNED),

WEDNESDAY, the 3rd July, 1818, commencing at 2.30 pm, at their Sales Booms, No. 8 Des Your Road, Corner of

ICE HOURL STRAIT, TEAKWOOD AND BLACK WOOD

INTIMATIONS

YOUR EYES

MUDDLING. WITH THE STATE'S MILLIONS

CONTRACTOR WHO

WAS PAID

8132,001 TWICE.

PRIMITIVE BOOKKEEPING IN

·MUNITIONS MINISTRY.

A PARADISE FOR CONTRACTORS,

There are some startling revelations of primitive bookkeeping in a report issued SHOULD NOT BE NEGLECTED) recently by the auditor-General on the | Ministry of Munitions expenditure, The At the first symptom report is for the year ended March 31, of eye strain you should w917, and deals with over £522,000,000, consult us. We test it is acknowledged that, as a result, of eyes scientifically and fitous representations great improve, glasses to individual re- quirements.

Co. ENTIFIC OPTICIANS • ISOR BLOGS, CHATER RO

HONGKONG

HONGKONG & MANILA.

THE CHINESE OPTICAL CO.

HONGKONG BRANCH.

67 QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL

TICIAL

"The only OPTICAL HOUSE *ic Far East Awarded an Efficiency Diploma At Panama-Pacific

International Exposition. SCIENTIFIC EYE EXAMINATION

All sorts of Frames Lefises, and Protection glasses.

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4

TO LET

TO LET.

10. 4. MORRISON HILL, from

1st July.

Apply to

THE TREASURY. Hongkong, June 5, 1918.

TO LET.

497

0.7 STEWART TERRACE

No. 93. THE PEAK... 4-roomer FLAT, No. 66, The Peak. “STANTON LODGE" Mount Parrish, Kennedy Road level.

Apply to--

LINSTEAD & DAVIS, Hongkong, June 1, 1918.

453

TO LET

FLAT in Nathan Road, Kowloon.

Four-roomed HOUSES in Kowloon. A SEOP in Nathan Road, Kowloon. "AFERT HOLWYN": No. 14. Pent Road, from 1st August next.

Apply to-- BUMPHREYS ESTATE 2. FINANCE

-.00., LTD. Alexaudas Balldings.

Bongkong, August 22, 1917.

TO LET...

THE PEAS, "LUSTLEIGH.'" HOUSES on Shameen. Canton.

FURNITURE BRASS IN TEAK N TWIN BEDSTEADS CURTAINS,

CARPETS, &c., dej AND AN 'ABBORTMENT, OF USEFUL HOUSEHOLD. GOODS,

As follows."

Arm chairs and Chesterfield Sofas (new), Card Tables, Upholstered Suites, de, Bedroom Furniture, comprising Double, Bras and Bracs-mounted. Bodstends,

Apply to

mants had been efected in the sccouts, particularly in the direction of increased

accuracy and promptitude in recording enrrut transactions, and further change are still in progress.

Haw greatly they are needed is shown by numerous exaraples

£250,000 Advance Not Recorded.

In case, although the ledger showed that £30.000 hart been for some mushs due to be refunded by the firm in respect of rash advanced under contract since cancelled, no active steps had been taken to recover this sp. There had slso "been fallure 15 krep a complete and accurate record | of repayable auch advances made to the fir; for example," an advance 6 £250,000 it not been charged in the contruct ledger, while two other awes amurting to £50,000 had. Geen posted twice in the same ledger. Nice Present to Contractor.

In March 1914 the Ministry devided to reduce the pries payable for a ces tain type of shell from £1 to 12s. 6d. the firm had offered,, in February 1916. to drept Lia. Rd. A new tender/form was sens out, but notwithstanding re peated reninders had apparently not been returned. The reditetion in pries was not noted in the contract ledger, and large quantities of shelf contiqued ta be sent in until February 1917, and pail for at the £1 rate.

The records of another important con- tract presented the following Factory features. “

A Lees of £30,000.

unsatis.

The contract ledger recorded pay. mets of £1.400,000 only, although payments sosonating to some £3,700,000 bad been made. Further, is not how t an abatement of aver' £10,000 was due from the tiru in re- spect of a departure from contract conditions and it could not be traced that this sub: had been claimed. The greater part of the deliveries, valued at over £4,000,000, was handed over to another firm under assembling contract. but no charge was mised in the contract ledger against this form, and there was no evidence that any steps Had been taken to secure the due return of the gods supplied. A por

THE CHINA MAIL.

42

Willys

Overland

Electric Lights Electric Storier

Price

application

Motor Gars

Permanence

When an institution, almost from its in- ception, takes the commanding position in its, field-

And when that institution maintains that commanding position without interruption over a series of years→→

Then you may be assured of that institu- tion's integrity--both as to its product and its dealings with the public.

From an annhal output of 465 motor cars nine years ago the Willys-Overland Company. has grown steadily, and this year its dealers have contracted for more than 200,000 motor cars..

"

Its not resources have grown in that time from a little more than £10,000 to more thaq`` £13,600,000.

This year the Willy's-Overland fartorics.

Big Four-Cylinder Overland

3-Passenger Touring Cor 3-Passage Radler

3-Putzender Touring Conge

J-Patzings Touring Sadin

A WIDE RANGE Light Four-Cylinder Overland"

5-Passenger Tourist Car 1-Parqueer Rasdie

Pastingď “Gomaly Cina"

The Light Four

Touring Car

are building the most comprehensive range of models ever produced by any one motor

concern.

They include Fours Sixes and an Eight Cylinder.

If yours is a family of average size, you will be particularly interested in either the Big Four-cylinder Overland touring car, fin ished in a rich brown, or the Light Four touring car, finished in gray. These two models exemplify the remarkable values char acteristic of the entire group.

When you buy any motor car in the Willys- Overland group you are assured by our com- manding position in the industry-by our uasqualed facilities and resources-of-integ rity of value in your motor car throughout the whole period of its performance in your service.

OF MODELS Light S-Cylinder Överland

5-Pusunnger Touring Car 3-Passenger Roadster

Passenger Touring Conge 5-Passenger Tasing Salón.

↑ Willys-Knight Models

7-Passenger, Four-Cylinder

To Co

1-Passenger, Pune-Cylinder Conse. 7«Pasanen, Tour-Cylinder

Touring Safam

Passauer. Four-Cylinder ·

--Pazzengwe, Zichi-Cylinder

Touring Car

DRAGON MOTOR CAR CO., 25 Des Voeux Road, Central,

DISTRIBUTORS.

Tel. 482.

tion, valued at £200,000, was treated then the contractors declined to pay more as a loan under conditions which ap than half what was claimed. Banking parently provided that the loun should loans to this Erm acounted to £6,000,000. he cleared when the firm had sub-

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stituted another type of shell to the The earlier nu were subject to repay- value of £270,000 only, involving a Jusw) mént" by -monthly instalments, but after to the Ministry a£, £20,000; the cul-)£2,100,000 had been recovered, repay- tract ledger contained no reference toments ceased and are now in abeyance this loan, and it could not be traced because the precise condition of offairs is not defined either in the backs of the company or of the Ministry. Excessive ProfiA.

that it had been cleared,

Pald Twice.

The work frequent source of error was that payment was ruthurised on a dupli. eute invoice, the original having already

Instances of excersive profits to con

be paid, but there are others equally tractors are numerous. diquiting, fuciding "one large double buyment by the Ministry and by a loval committee. Notwithstanding repeated

THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST-

MENT & AGESOY Co., Las, by the Compimiler over-pay

ments continué to be made.

BANK

Teak Twin Bedsteads, Sideboards, THE BANK OF TAIWAN, LIMITED

Dinder Waggons, Extension Dining Tables and Chairs, Tes and Occasional Tables, &c Dinner Bervices, Crockery, Glass Ware, Cooking Stovis, Cutlery, Toilet Sets, &e Bath Boom Utensils, Sundry Electro-Plated Ware

Electric Reading Lamps, Blackwood and Teakwood · Bergens, Blackwood Furniture, including large. Blackwood Bergen, Side Tables, Chairs, Cabinets, de, édő Engravings, Pictures Finkosaa mad Brass Vasco, &c. &c Tennis Poles

second-hand.

(Tawan Gixxo)...!

Iscuriorated by Special Impratak CHARTFI, 1809.

Capital Subscribed ... Yen 30,000,000, Capital Paid-up.

· 20,000,000 Reserve Fund

5,680,000

HEAD OFFICE: TAIPEH, FORMOSA.

MAMA

BRAKOHES:

and Net, Several Larpets now and JAPAN-KODE, UBIXA, TOZZO AND YOZU-

Two FORCELAIN ENAMELLED

FORMOSA AKO, GIRAN, KAOz, Kanex

EK WILLING, MAKUNA, PEAS, BATS

CHINE, TAICHU, TUNAN, TAKOV. CHINAAMOY. GASTON, FOOCHOW

* Haskow, KiuriaNG,, Sharonai,

BATHS. (Fall Particular from Cainluguo). Tanks Carb N

BUGBES & HOUGH,

Hongkong, June 27, 1918, 01

FOR SALE

FOR SALE.

CITEAMER -- Chinese Fig Steel bails, Engines and Boiler, in good conditionapable of carrying 960 *passengers and 540 tons cargo. Epeed eleven Enota Price $300,000 E.K. currency, prompt delivery.

Füller particulata on application” Address WING HINGES

Recently it was observed that a com tractor had been paid the sum of 2111,302 which he had previously re ceived in the laps of payments un account, and natitinstanding that he tified the Department of this error,

Hongkong

The Willys-Overland Company, toledo, Ohio, U. §. A.

Sluzmanezcers of Wszy®-Kalche kad Oracland Monte Ches and Light Loutes

able space, and involving waste Ammunition which could be repaired

or broken up for the material" contain. ed therein.

During 1917 over 3,000,000 funes con verted under the system of rectification * were delivered by the contractor to various stores, but none of thems were Issued for service np. tc: December 31, 1017.

ON THE ASIAGO PLATEAU,

ALPS

Jiya contract placed in July 1015 NEW BRITISH LINE IN THE the Ministry in addition to providing 1,000 towards the cost of plaat agreed to pay 3. per. 100 for filling gaines, Mr. C. Ward Price, writing from the This price was to cover the first 100,000 British Font in Italy on April 5, says delivered, after which the price was to

be revised. I observed that np to he now British sector 5 the Italian December 1917 the contractor had sp. Front is a stringe plaes. The Asiago parently filled over 4,000,000 gaines at Plateau, 0.500 to

0,500 to 4,000 feet shove son the above price, whilst other tontrae-level, is's saveur among the Alps. The tors, were hejar paid fis. 31, 14%., and town of Asiago is the central object of *17. £de pèr 200 for similar work.

a further sum of £21,540 was und Costly Experiments. to in which he had also previously

bren paid. At the time the contractor

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this seven mile wide plateau. To the left of it lies the gloomy ravine of the What the Comptroller describes as Val d'As, where Austrian reserves. WITH costly experiments," accounted for wont to hide during the hard fighting

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was then indebted to the Department good many losses. A tolbol factory, but for a very considerable gum in respect down because it produced; boluol: this ground in the spring of 1015.i

of material supplied Over-Advances” of Mullons.

TE 74, d. geilón against an-original We have been in the pincs here since estimate of 5., wost £57,000. A contract Good Friday The British positions, Vast quantities of materials of immense with a chemical company; involving the which were taken over in the Italism, te have been issued free to various erection of plant by the Ministry at a lie along the northern edge of a dark små f Contractors for assembling or manufac cost of 1516,000, proved to be based on a remplithestral pine forest, and the Aus turing operations; in many cases they complete missleulation. In February trian trenches are separated from them have pusted from contractor to contracended on the sabamo for the production wide in places as 2.000 yards. The first 1917, after a large sum had been ex by No Man's Land, which is as

tor. No adequate record was kept, and acetone, it was abandoned and its might the British troops were there une no steps were taken to secure that exact cost has not yet been ascertained. of our patrols met a patrol of the Aus

triana. They engaged defeated materials were not issued in excean of Great Waste of Shella

OTHERSázavia, Romady, Hoaxeéntract requirements. As to the ad. The Comptroller reveals an musatiated admin of them, and captured two

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SPEEDING

THE WHEELS OF INDUSTRY

THIS is the day elpontinuous product- Tion Week in, yeck out the wheels

öf induitry turn unceasingly to altisfy the demands of the military machine." Pre-war standards of outpur went to the will years ago; new records are being established every day.

Is your belting helping to speed up the wheels Do you use the cheap slip-stop-the-shop kind; or belting that is able to give centianaUS daily service--the most economical in nat There is a Walker bolt for every, dzivo, you can rely on la give eficient service

WALKER'S

Oak-tanned LEATHER

Belting

The tairs service it afven selection of the axia tare that is doulayed in tine aplecting and Landest of the hidden vi From Pilatin vindemand-la în muzealnetarne Walkans, *átalớn, bare the ankrud

estrian and Belting manu belage of being flander-

* and. Their ramerica matanda over nisity-low-pic. The same Walker Boston" is the strongest out of excellence you cauld

Indrit ihrough your shipje for Walker's Balting, er ville direct to me. You should ask for sur Pries

Wm. Walker & Sons Ltd., Manchester Road, Bolton, England. Contrastorn de H‚ß. Governani,

THE KWONG HIP LUNG CO., LTD.

(NOW. RECONSTRUCTED

vantes on deliveries the Ministry relied tory state of ffairs with regard to large prisoners from the rest. The feat has been sentral times repealed zince. These stocks of warlike dres upon the statement of firms test

Owing to defects, directions were Austrians have shown themselves good examination by the Comptroller revealed

given for the breaking up of somethters

Our trenches on the northern slopes 4 sevemi inaccuracies in one large smonnt, 8,000,000 cuplete roula of 18 poun and there is reason to believe that over

der ammunition. It was apparently the mountain rim of the plateau are still. advances of some millions of pounus had

impossible to loute the fault in such under snow, ne ure divisional arou away on to justdy a claim sajust the behind them best of half-hearted. semi-froren, semi-inelted stuff, which is beat, inade.

and SHIPBUILDERS, BOILERMAKERS, BR188, 154 IRON NAGD suppliers.

Rectifiertion of doubtful shell pubcomfortable without being ploturesque FOUNDERS Allox dose in this, artablishment in pakistan

Serianses. We ara twadipways and mun sanoicmodate any reas pants to have been slower to fall The men tad the nighe very cold, but over thirty years. seriously Info rear I am not aware in week or two when spring netw

it will be delights here, for these how such shall came to be, socept

tain pine forests are like betoo but large stock are stated to be lying abcrarions, ictories, bonds?

interest allowed on Current Account, a Dead End. Fixed Deposits, and Savings Deposits may v of rates, which will be quoted on spplication.

NANAGITA As Manager.

HONGKONG BRANCHE

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some cases it was aub clear whether We advance was one on deliveries, or as Cabanking loan. Disputé arose in con mecticam with sam of £400,0001: no ro 230) Lefant, was collected for 15 months,Find

iron

The country

Occupying valu

•af 200. Lees Labg

Town Union Shipyard Bhan

CONNAUGHT ROAD, CENILAI

Pa, Kowloons, Remekana

MONG PING WA