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MONDAY, AUGUST 5, 1918.

AUCTIONS.

Hughes &

Hough

AUCTIINEERS TO THE GOVERNMENT.

General Auctioneer

Share, Coal and General Produce Brokers and Commission Agents.

*

PROPRIETORS

"To-Kwa-Wan" Coal Storage.

Codes used Bentley's

1. 3. a stb & 5th Editions

A I Talegraphic Code,

PUBLIO, AUCTION,

DARTICULARS'nad Conditions of the

Lacting by Public Auction Sale, to be held on TUESDAY, the 6th day of August, 1918, at 9., at the Offices of the Public Works Department, by Order of His Excelleney the Governor, of One Lot of CROWN LAND at Battery Street, in the Colony of Hongkong, for a terus of 75 years, with the option of renewal at x Crown Ront to be fixed by the Surveyor of His Majesty the King, for one further torm of 5 years.

Particulars of The Lot.

BandarY

Montrail St. Just-

Telegraphie Address

*MILEION"

HONGKONG.

Q.

PUBLIO AUCTION.

THE

THE Undersigned have received in structions from the Elon. Carr.

SUPT OF POLICE, to sell by Public Auction.

WEDNESDAY,

the 7th August, 1918 at 11 s.NL, at the CENTRAL POLICE STATION.

CONDEMNED AND CONFISCATED

GOODS.

On view day of Sale.

FRAME-Cash.

HUGHES & HOUGH,

Auctioneers to the Government,* Hongkong, July 20, 1918.

FUBLIC AUCTION,

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THE Undersigned have received instrus tions to sell by Public Auction,

» (FON ACCOUNT OF THE CONCERNED),

.cn

WEDNESDAY,

the 7th August, 1918, commencing at 2.30 p.m., at their Sales Rooms, No. 8,

Des Voeux Road, Corner of

Ice House Street,

AN ABORTMENT OF

HOUSEHOLD LINENS, &c.

30 Cumprising:- Scalloped Pillow Cases, Sheets and Bed Quilts, Single and Double Plain and Hemstitched Sheets, Pillow Cases, White Satin Quilts, Table Cloths. Pure Lines Damask Serviettes, Bath Sheets, Bath Towels, Turkish Towels, Glass Cloths.

AC $4, des.

(Full Farticulars from Catalogae).. Terms -Cash..

HUGHES & HOUGA,"

Auctioneers.

Bongkong, July 31, 1916,

PUBLIC

+

AUCTION.

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SE Undersigned have received i

structions to sell by Public Auction (FOR ACCOUNT OF THE CONCERNED),

WEDNESDAY,

the 7th August, 1918, commencing at 2.30 p.m., at their Sales Rooms, No. 8 Des Voeux Road, Corner of Icz HOUSE STREET,

·TEAKWOOD' AND

BLACK WOOD FURNITURE," BRASS MOUNTED AND TEAKWOOD TWIN BEDSTEADS, CURTAINS, CARPETS, &c, &c., "WD AN ÅLSJWTMENT OF

USEFUL HOUSEHOLD GOODS, As follows- Chesterfield Buísa and Arm-chaira (wcy), Card Tables, Upholstered Suites, &c., Bedroom Furniture, comprising Pouble and Single Bedsteads, Teak Twin Bedsteads, Sideboards,

Dinner Waggona, Extension Dining Tables and Chairs, Tes and Occasionsi

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PUBLIC AUCTION.

DARTICULARS and Conditions of the Letting by Public Auction Sale, to be TUESDAY, the 6th day "of held on August, 1913, at 3 p.m., at the Offices of. the Public Works Department, by Order of His Excellency the Governor, of Dae Lot of CROWN LAND at Babington Path, in the Colony of Hongkong, for a term of 75 years, wish the option of renewal at f Crown Rest to be fixed by the Surveyor of His Majesty the King, for one further term of 75 years.

No. uf Nale.

fuxiatry No

Locality.

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Purticulars of the 'Lot..

Boundary Monstrement

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THE CHINESE OPTICAL CO.

HONGKONG BRANCH

67 QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL.

OPTICIAN

The only OPTICAL HOUSE in Far East Awarded an Efficiency Diplóma

at Panama-Pacific

International Exposition." SCIENTIFIC EYE EXAMINATION All sorts of

Tables, &c., Dinner Services, Crockery, Frames Lenses, and Protection glasses.

Glass Ware, Cooking Stoves, Cutlery Toilet Seta, Boy Bath Room Utensils, "Bandry Electro-Plated Ware.

BANK

Electric Reading Lampe, Blackwood and Teakwood Screens, Blackwood Furniture, including large Black wood Bergen, Side Tables, Chairs, Cabinets, Ac Engravings, Pictures, Kinkosan and Brass Vases, &c, &c., Tennis Pales and Not, Several Carpets now and THE BANK OF TAIWAN, LIMITED helond-band

Two

PIANOS by Robinson Piano Co., METAL BATHS, &c, de (Fall Particulars from Catalogus). TIE-Crak.

HUGHES & HOUGE,

Auctioneers, Hongkong, July 31, 1915.

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PUBLIO AUCTION. HE Undersigned have received in structions to sell by Public Auction, (FOR 4000532 OF THE CONCERNED}, "

On

FRIDAY,

the 9th August, 1918, at 10,30 am at No. 7, Humphrey's Building, Kowloon

TAE

VALUABLE, HOUSEHOLD

FURNITURE,

therein contained.

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and Arm-chain, Bedroom Suite Stained Teak wood,........... White Enamelled Twin Bedsteads (Hair Mattresses,) de Pantry and Kitchen Utensils,

Carpets, Rugs, Electric Fittings and Fans.

(Full Particulara from Catalogue), On view day of Bála,

HUGHES & HOUGH,

1915.

(TAIWAN GINO).

INCOAPCHATED BY SPECIAL IMPERIAL CHARTER. 1600.

"Capital.Subscribed... Yen 30,000,000 Capital Paid-up...... .. $2,500,000 Reserve Fund........

5,080,000

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„The civer mup of the wear of the present great battic, which we reproduce from He“ Literway Digest, shows the saljen't created by the German ofjenaïve tico months ago,and the reader will be able to pather from the information given in the cables to-day how far the Allies have succeeded in wiping out the salient by a counter-ofjenaluc,

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TELEGRAMS.

(Continued from Page (5)

KAISER'S PROCLAMATION,

TASK ASSIGNED BY PRO-

VIDENCE TO GERMANS...

AMSTERDAM, Aug. 1.

SOISSONS CAPTURED.

EXPEDITING THE GERMAN RETREAT.

Lospix. Aug. 31. 1.30 a.m.

Army, Scottish Highlanders, vous tint, preserving the country sacly of Yorkebize, Australian and New and independence, and the bent war Zealand horsemen, you have one kok to this was to "get the largest all added to the glorious page of your poss the amount of unity and support history. Marfaux, Chaumusy and in way play the Coverment proposed. Montagne Bligny, these splendid to adopt..

THE BRITISH FRONT,

SUCCESSFUL RAIDS BY

BRITISH.

world, will be written in letters of 3 Bonar behered that if gold in the annals of your regimenta, the conditions of labour were to bet Your French friends will remember "nintained there must at least, ba your marvellous bravery and perfect stability in the Home market. comradeship in arms. ""

J. Mr. Bonst Law Jomphasisedatiot. Government consideration, in thi matter was difficult and complieutel," owing to the fact that they must think of their Allies. Fortunately, a very large percentage of essential raw materials were within the Ein- pire and the question of Preferanço was going to be an imminense advan- fuge to the whole Empire, becauser the Dominions present policy of placing price at the disposal of the Empire would continue after ther War. He was confident that the statement which the Government would be able to make would not conflict with the views of any of the Allies especially America, whoz" goodwill was vital.

LONDON, Aug. 3. Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig,

reports

Patrols brought in a few prisoners in the Locre sector."

We successfully raided to the east of Dickebusch Lake, taking prisoners. Hostile artillery was active to this north of Bethune.

SUCCESSFUL DAY IN THE AIR.

FLANGARS BOMBED AND MACHINES DESTROYED,

Lospos, Aug. 9, -Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reporting on aviation, says:

We dropped over 24 tons of borabe. on August 1st. A large number of these were directed at an aerodrome from a very low beight.

During the rail by two of our squadrons we greatly danged in gars and living quarters. Six han

"CHINA CONGRATULATES FRANCE.

MARNE VICTORY FILLS CHINESE NATION WETH JOY.

[REUTERS-HAVAS „ŠERVICE-]

"

PARIS, Aug. 2,

The President of the, Chinese Republic his sent to the President of the French Republic a telegram

tories of the valiant Allied troope just" gained in France...

The advance in General Manggars and sixteen machines were set with congratulations for the vie front continues,

on the. One machine was blown to We occupied Harteunes Wool pieces on the ground." South of it we brought our line We brought down, twelve act- to Cramaille and Saponay. In the panes, and drove down three out of centre we reached two miles beyond control. Sergy.

Our right-tiers be shot down two The energy resince feeblerenenty night-bouibers over their own on the centrit sector timun the neredhome. Two British chines fans,

Ville-en-

Fichl-Marshal Tan Teli Jui has

seat a telegram to the French Tre- nier. M. Clemenceau, saying that

the new victory on the Marne fills: the Chinese nation with joy,mere o since she is full of confidence of the success of the cause we defend! together:"

M. Clemenceait answered, thank- ing the Feld-Marshal, for the con- the Arabulations and adding that the

A. French communiqué atutes. The attack which was carried out during the last two days by French

are missing. and Allied troops north of the Marne On the castern Bank of the suliënt |

We dropped at night ten tens of Lobtained complete success! We we took the wood a mile east of bombs on milway lines, stations and.

the whole line, Romigny, Our patrols, advanced aerodromes, A Berlin message states that the pressed hard on Kaiser, in a proclamation to the German The Germans were forced to aban 1,000 yards north of people, says, they have proved worthy don their position of resistatice, Tardenois.

The enemy pressed on all sides." of the tremendons task which Pro which was organised between Fere- ridence has assigned to them by louren-Tardenois and Ville Tardenois, His communications were swept by years of hard struggle and memorable land to expedite their retreat.

our guns. He is retrencing re deeds...

On the luft French troops entered luctantly and continually. Our un- The King of Bavaria in a proclama-Soissons.

relaxing pressure is bringing results.

It is expected that the Crown Prince's reserves are being exbaneted mare pidly than ours.

tion says: "It is not our fault that Further south we crossed the Crise we enter the fifth year of war.

Qur Jon its whole length, opponents are not yet ready for peace.

In the centre we progressed on a We must, therefore, continue to fight wide front.

and shoulder all our troubles and hard-North of the Onecq we advanced ships in suro confidence of victory.

THE BRITISH FRONT.

beyong Arey and Ste. Restitue and Further penétented Bois-de-Dole. enst we took possession of Coulonges. On the right we, took possession of Goussancourt, Villers Agron and Ville Turdanois.a

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We again heavily "bonibed above-mentioned nervxitomes

All our machines returned.

BULGARIAN ARMY MUTINY.

TROOPS DEMAND IMMEDIATE PEACE.

COLLAPSE OF CROWN PRINCE'S TÜRKISH LEGATION BOMBED.

OFFENSIVE LIKELY.

IMMEDIATE RETREAT

CERTAIN.

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success favours our Cause and we strongly hope that victory will crown. our jo at efforts."

JAPANESE MINISTER OF WAR.

SENDS CONGRATULATIONS TO FRENCH PREMIER.

(REUTERS-HAVAS `SIEVICE.]

Losnos.Aug. 2.

PARIS, Aug. 2 Lieut.-General A telegram to Amsterdamn from

Kouchina, "the" thut Germany states

serious Japanese Minister of War, has sent nutiny broke out last week in the to M. Clemencen a telegram, say- INCREASED HOSTILE FIRING.

TONDON, Aug. Bulgarian Arms, the troops demanding: "Please accept my best wishes. for the actual operations to develop The latest news shows that the Ing an immediate peace.

Intense dissatisfaction prevails at in such a way as to give the enemy LONDON, Aug. 2ried our lines five kilometres north French. at 1.30 to-day advanced twa Pield-Marshal Sir Douglia Huig of the Dormans-Rheims road on the to three miles on i front of 25 miles the front, owing to under-feeding. final knock-out blow,“

MI. Clemencean general line of Vezilly-Chery

answered. between the Ardre river and the All indications put to an impend- Batween the Ardre and the Vesle hamlet of Tuux. North of Haring revolution:

**Thanks for the good wishes.

reports: --

We captured a few prisoners in the neighbourhood of Festubert, - also sixteen in a successful raid to the north of Albert,

There is increased hostile artillery firing to the south of the Somme and south of Ypres.

BRITISH CAPTURES DURING JULY.""

4,503 GERMANS, INCLUDING 29. OFFICERS.

Lospos, Aug 1. Field Marshal Sir Douglas "Haig reports:

Our patrols during the night took saveral prisoners in the neighbourhood of Merris...

We captured during July 4,503 aoners, including 80 officers.

THE ALBANIAN OFFENSIVE.

THE "ADVANCE CONTINUED.

statea-

Ou this part of the front we car-

we occupied Geux and Thillois tennes the advance was slow, but Soldiers threw missiles on the Reuse accept the expression of our neroplanes were brought down morning the Germans are burning was requested and given to thei

During July 31st seven Gennan het night it was verp rapi. This Turkish Legution. A special guard full confidence in a fini victory,

upped on aviation grounds between Colan Palilly is in times. Twenty-two tous of explosives were the villages east of the Oureq. German Legation.

the Aisne and the" "Vesle and cun- tonments, and bivonas in the valley of the Ardre and the Vesle.

INITIATIVE OF THE BATTLE.

„POSSESSED. BY THE ALLIES.

..

[RECTERS-HAVAS SERVICE:] -

PALIS, Aug. 2 Each of the three Arties under Generala Mangin. De Goutte" und

The German Ariny, is now fucing west and is being fired on in the back and the enemy fáserves ate ¦

HOTBEDS OF ANTI-GERMAN INTRIGUE IN RUSSIA.

als under fire. Immediate retreat GERMANY DEMANDS, PUNISH- hehind the Vesle and possibly on the MENT OF ASSASSINS OF Aisu is regarded as certain, in-

EICHHOEN volving the collapse of the Crown

Prince's offensive, after which the Germans will be unable to attack extensively, until the autumn, when the 1920 class will be available.

Zonien, Aug. 2. Dr. Helferici has sent a note to M. Trotzity, Gerganding the severest

AN IRISH RENEGADE..

DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED" TO SERVITUDE FOR LIFE. :

LONDON, Aug. 8.. Lance-Corporal "Dowling, who has been sentenced to death by shoot- ing, has had his sentence commuted to servitude for life.

The charges against Lance-Cerpi.

The line now runs from one mile punishment of the nurderers of Dowling were that, while a prisoner Berthelot made yesterday a very in north of the Ardre.by Ville Tardenois Field-Marshal von Eichhom, and of war in a German camp at Lim- raised by the Germans and endea- portant advance into the German and Romilly, thence to Vezily, also the destruction of the hotbeds burg, bo joined an Irish brigade line of resistance, which the Ocastle south of Coulonges, Orey and Droisy of anti-German, intrigue in Moscow voured to induce others to join and

are to Taux Our reservers Frankfort had qualified as definite.

now and Petrograd.

•General Mangin with the British greater than the enemy's, whose hest forces drove a wedge into the enemy, troops have been greatly thinned and. line by capturing on the north bank badly mauledi. The Getznan 1920 ECONOMIC POLICY. AFTER of the Ourcq a long crest of hills class will provide about 450,000, overlooking a plateau 200 metre men."

1 LONDON, August 2...high, which is being used as a capital A Wireless Austrian official message observatory. The wedge thus thrust into the German, salient will con- Is Albania our troops are fighting siderably binder General! Boahman's forward, on both sides of the Semeni array, who sticks to the Soon bend and have almost reached the line, hinge and wants to keep it at all costs. Meunier Wood formed on the Germans left a large bastion and an advanced citadel for the enemy's, resistance.

Fieri-Berat.-t

We met with violent resistance in the upper Dévoli valley, but stormed several points,

NAVAL AIR-RAIDS IN ADRIATIC

DAMAGE DONE.

General De Goutte's army with the Americans in co-operation was remarkably successful in capturing that wood right off

GENERAL BERTHELOT'S

OF THE DAY

ORDER

ARDRE VALLEY BOUNTIFULLY WATERED BY BRITISH BLOOD.

PARIS, Aug. 2..

THE WAR

MR. BONAR LARS STATEMENT.

THE QUESTION OF PREFERENCE. 2-

also attempted to aid the enemy landing in Ireland:

PORTUGUESE BARQUE SUNE.

BOMB PLACED IN HER CARGO?“

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2.

The Navy Department announces that a German submarica, sank, the Portuguese barqué Porta, bound from Havannah, 65 miles off the Atlantic:

cast, on July 27.

EX-THAR'S WIDOW AND.

CHILDREN

LONDON, Aug. 1. The following is a continuation of the report issued by the Press Bureau The craw of eighteen were landed" In a Oider of the Day, General regarding the deputation of runt an American port by a British Berthelot, in connection with the faturers introduced by Sir Edward eteamar. British participation in the victorious Carson at the House of Commons The Porio was destroyed by a bomb counter-offensive, says :—

who inged an early declamation of placed in her cargo of cotton: Only just arrived and anxicas to the Government's economic policy have the honour of participating in the On the Dormans-Rheima rond the counter offensive which stopped the Bonar Law, following Me village of Romilly, two kilometres furious enemy onslaught on the Marne Lloyd George, dealt with the ques LONDON, Aug. 2

west of Ville Tardenois, was captured and which has begun to throw him tion of control, und said the Govern "The Admiralty reports:

by General Berthelot's Army. Villa beak in disorder northward; hastening ment was anxious to abanden war- ad reducing to time restrictions us soon as possible Our Adriatic formations co-operated Tardenois is outflanked and it, seers its moramenta with the Italian air forces in the recent to be the last German bulge in the a minimum duration its reconnoitring and to allow individual competition raids on Cattaro and Darazzo and in direction of the Marne and must scoffed eagerly into the fray. Harassing thus perfect freedom, at the end of operations, your Army Corps threw to have free play. He pointed out" land operations in Valonag

In connection with the latters British be evacuated to escape hemming in. Vand worrying, the enemy, after ten the war was impossible. If free play machine landed within the enemy line The foe's definite line of resistance succorsive days fighting the British then was to be allowed. he fully be the Foreign Minister has approached HANKOW, Krokiand, SHANGRA but the pilot and observar-wero rescued (8cl. established by General troops, made their own this valley of haved that a corner, perhaps argan Russia with a view to the removal tori

the following day, when the Allies Ludendorf is broken at sever the Ardie, bountifully watered with ined by off enemies, would arise in Spain of the widow and children of tåe

pointe, and it seems it must soon their blood. Thanks to the heroic captured an Austrian aerodrome.

HEAD OFFICE: TAIPER, FORMOSA, BRANCHES. JAPAN KOBE, DA TOZYO

YOYOHAMA

FORMOSA AKO, GIBAN, Kaar, Kanexxx, Kezlona, Marung, PISAN, SAIN- GRIKE, TAICET, Tainan, Takow TANBUL, TOHYZ.

CHINA-AKOY. CANTON, FoocHow.

LONDON BANKERS:

We also bomhod a new serodrome at

CROWN PRINCE'S RESERYES

-"BRING-EXHAUSTED 4.4

RAPIDLY.

SUGGESTEE REMOVAL TỪ

SPAINIA

DAMARLAR, MADRID, Aug. 3. On the initiative of King Alfare

AMERICAN SUPERIORITY DOES-

OUTSTANDING PURASE IN KAISER'S PHOCLAMATION

VAMSTERDAM, August 1.5

SWATOW. OTHERS BATAVIA, BOMBAY, HONGKONG,

LONDON, SINGAPORE, SOZRABAJA, We raided bridges and stations on full back level with the river Vesle. courage and proverbial tenacity of the almost all stuple raw materials. ex-Tear SIMARANG AND NEW YOUR the Oriental Railway, damaging the Our continuous success prove that son of Great Britain, the continued One of the lessors of the war was the profits the manufacturers could fine, rolling stock and buildings we still have the initiative of the and repented efforts of this brave Army the necessity not only of thinking of

During a reconnaissance of the coast battle over the enemy and can force Corps have not been in vain. - Capital and Counties Bank, London, to the north, of Imbros we observed four will upon him,

BRITISH DEEDS IN LETTERS ke but the conditions of the, men NOT FRIGHTEN-US""" and South-Western Bank, Parr's Bank thirteen eniques. We destroyed one

The Bank has Correspondents in the and damaged two. Commercial centres of Rosas. Man cburia, Indo-China, India, Philippine Talande, Java, Australia, America and Uzunkeufri, destroying one... banger. alsewhere small atrans Page We twice raided Nagara and Galata

Interest allowed on Current Account, between July, 16th and 28tb, and. Fixed Deposits, and Savings Deports dropped over half-a ton of bombs, atates which will be quoted, on starting Gres. One British machiné has application.

N. YANAGITA, set returned,

Manager, ça

ECONSTANTINOPLE BOMBED;" HONGKONG BRANCH-

Des Voeux Road, Hourkony, May 1, 1918.

To successfully bombed the basin and

Coustan

who worked for thera. The war ren OF GOLD.

Fecsier", whieli, wAN dered

one step Twenty-one officers and over Buiminence move forward in the 18,000 men have been taken prisoner whole conception of the trade policy and 140 machine guns and 40 guns rumely, this Government's acknow captured. Four onetry Divisionsledgment of that principle that we were successively and roughly hand. were one Empire, and it reference leI and driven back to the upper within the Empire is established leperiority do not frighten us is the LosDor, Aug. 8

valley of the Andro. You re-bon was convinced that the while coumoutstanding phrase in the exter Reuters Correspondent at French quered also the heights dominating try would endorse the Government's Headquarters, telegraphing

ENEMY'S RESISTANCE:

FEEBLER:

in the north and south. That is decision. One of the lessons of the wor at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, the achievement of the Betish: In was the necessity to produce, where

the accomplishments of the Fifth possible, such things as were essen

The American armies and numerical

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