SALE OF THE "MEANEE" 1906

From the Hong Kong Telegraph 1906-07-24 

SALE OF THE "MEANEE"

ANOTHER HULK DISAPPEARS.

At noon, to-day, on board the vessel, Mr. T. F. Hough, of Messrs. Hughes and Hough, Government auctioneers, conducted the sale, under the supervision of Commodore Pigott Williams, of the hulk Meanee, hitherto used by the Army department as a hospital ship. All the bidders were Chinese, and the bidding commenced at $20,000, and rose by bids of $1,000 to $45,000, when there was a pause, the next bid being $500, which was noted, and so it went on till $50,000 was reached, when one of the contestants retired, leaving, Messrs. Yee Wo Tai and Chiu Kee the purchasers at that figure.