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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER
SPORT.
BILLIARDS.
OSMUND BEAT BERCHARD.
-1998
THE HOME MARKET,
The report of Sir 8. W. Royco & Co. Ltd., ander date Manchester, August 2 states:
has been
Green
Chemicals:---Daring last month the home demand fell away somewhat, St. Patrick's Hall, the Catholis influenced no doubt by the holiday Men's Club's headquatters in Garden season, bat prices on the whole have Road, was crowded on Saturday remained steady. The reduction of evening by both civilian and military 25% of the increase in rates of rail way carriage came into force yester billiards enthusiasts, when A. J. day and should assist business. The only Osmund, ex champion of the Colony export enquiry and champion of the Catholic Union, oderate and the erratio courses of mot Sergt. Berchard, R.G.A., the exchange continue to binder oversee trade generally. Bulphate of copper military champiou in a 500 game. bas been in regular request for both It was a keenly contested game home and export account but there is which provided plenty of excitement little change in values. throughout, and although Osmund copperar has been in better demand but competition continues keen. Acetates won by 87 points, he had to go all of lime have been quiet and prices the way to recure his victory. have a lower tendency. Acetic acid and it was without doubt the best arrivals at low prices. Acetate cf soda is in short supply with values match aver arranged by any Club well maintained. Acetates of lead and since that match at the V.R.C., when nitrate of lead are firmer with the P. A. Yvanovitch regained the Cham-advance in the metal, which bas also affected the values of litharge and red piot ship by defeating Osmund in very lead. Carbonate of Potash has no de:itive fashion. The CMC, bas improved enquiry and prices are well every reason for being proud of maintined. Caustic Potash is in only success of the mateb, and its secretary (Mr. F. H. Dillon) is to be particularly congratulated for having arranged the menting of there two excellent
ROGUES AND ROMANCE,"
IN SUNNY SPAIN.
Nothing less in the way of "atmosphere" than the picturesque scenery of Sunny Spain itself would suit the producer of "Rogues and Romance," the new picture which comes to the Coronet to-day. Io took bis entire company across to Algericas and from there they worked through the provinces of Cadiz and Malaga, Sevilla and Grenada, gather ing local colour for the film.
The result has proved worlby_of
THE CHINA MAIL.
REMARKABLE LETTERS TO A HUSBAND.
"Q" SHIP OFFICER REFUSES TO RETURN.
S
PASSENGERS.
ARRITALO.
Fatoott, Dr. and Mrs J, W. H. Grice, Me
For N.Y.E.. "Hakona Mero" on Sept. Mr. Ernenn'o. He 0. Abuney, Miss M. Iendentenful, Wiss J. Letters which a wife raid she wrote Riley, Mr Khoo Keng Tay Mr W. Kav. Campbell, Min D. F. Campbell, Hastor to bring her husband to reason". B. Towl, Mr O. Gross, O. L. were read at Brighton police court Campbell, Mr and Mrs. Char when Leonard Frank Fabian, a stoker Mr and Mrs W. B. Cornahy, f petty officer, was sued by his wife for 0. Hanting. Mr R. B. Helgate, Miles T. desertion. She said he was away two MacGregor, Miss N, MacGregor, fc8816 years on a "Q" boat, and never W. J. Izard, H. A. Lorentz, H. J. Landh, L. Pander, H. Rogerson, Capt. J Bak, Mrs M. 8. Shaifor. Mr and Mrs W. J. Terrill, Mis F. L. Risfkoht. M: Cha Kwen Eo, Mr Khoo Keng Wah. Bir T. B. Haich, Messrs. Chite, 1 Bolen. I. Allesk, H. Toners wa, Rev. M. Lemurs, d Tads, Mr A Honds. Me N. If, Blanch,
returned to her.
to
Defendant told the Court very decisively that he did not intend return. When he came to Brighton leave he saw his wife with a tall, dark man, and abo paesed him "like a bit of dict,"
this effort to do away with manufac tured scenery. Among the sunlit mountains of the peninsula where hearts are true, and skies are blue love gulds a charming young American girl to the lair of a rascal revolutionary. Ile pictures himself in raking in a handsome addition to his
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Mr and Mrs A. North, Mrs O. Bradbury,
Both men played classy billiards bas been freely offerod from recent party's war chest by way of ran:omia fast life. Well, you never gave me Ryu. Me Y, Bakni, L. K. Soma, Lt. and
very
but a breezy young millionaire, the fair chance.
·
Among the letters put in wan ota which the wife said "You once accused me of leading
No one will hero of the story, happens along to tell me you have kept away from wo.
the girl and assert his on all this time any more than rescue prior claim to her affections. Abave dons from men, but, re You have passionato senorito, "the Rose of member, what wrong I have done Cadiz" puts a lot of pep" into the will do again..
driven me to it." picture.
In another letter was this Bage
ARRIVALS.
Kwai Wal, (Wai Hing & Co.) from Yuen Sang, (J. M. & Co) from Tourane.--038.
Canton.-C32.
Wuhu, (B. & S.) from Cantoa.- C18
Major and Mra A, M. Curfew, Viscount N. Ods, Mr N. Ebibara, Mr K. Golo, Lt Com. Pirose, Lt. Cam. Y. Kumoke, Mesara 8. Mateumors, K. Mil, A. Nake- mura, K. Nakarai, L. K. Nishi, F. Nishikawa, Major K. Otauka, Pat. R. Me N. Stern, Wees a T. Sudo, T. Toda. E. Wadi, T. Yoshomus, rapt K. zawn IMP. Philips Barou, Y. Seki, Me M. Wakabayashi, Ble K. Thid, MA. Codd, Mr Grantham, Mr &. Pujaltes, Me W. J. Wilkinson, Miss H. Wilkerson, Missi Pujdteo, Bir Ohin-Eina Me A. P. Pereira Mis S. Bentall, Me ara F. W. (rok. G. Binon, O. W. 1. Dain paston, J. W. Doan, Miss M. Ezard, Mesare W. T. Fastow, 11. Fukami, K. L. Groy, Julican, Dr. and Mrs O. E. King, Miss A. H. H Fisen, Miss W. Jeren, Mr M. F. Paul, Piss 1. B. Ped, rson, Meases Hung Chun Tao, Ti Kol Wo, Tsu Choo Shen, Chu Jennings, Yi Chi Mei. Charg En Lin, Miss R. Eliss, Dr. P. Blikt, Miss F. Piepenhagb, Mr W. E. Harrie, Mr and Mrs H. Brewster Gow, Dr. H. Hanobira, Dr. H. Inada, Messrs 8. Ishiwatari, Y.
going
"I don't wonder at women
Boss (meaning her sister) alept with ane two nights, and last night Jack Boss, and me turned in together."
It was explained that Jack was the busband of Beasie.
had never been guilty of misconduct. Mre. Fabian emphatically stated she
On the night referred to there was A New Year's party, and they nover went to bed. Sho wrote the letters in a temper and in fuo. She wished to bring her husband to reason.
Sui Yang, (B. & S.) from Cauton -80.
Georgii, (R. V. Flect) from Canton.
The Bench, by a majority, found Youmati.
desertion proved, rad ordi red Helios, (Kung Ching, from Canton.defendant to pay his wife lbs weekly,
Notice of appeal was given, -40.
moderate request. There is nothing LATEST SHIPPING NEWS. wrong with such curs as you about. doing in Montreal potashes. Yellow prussiate of potash ia in short supply, and again dearor: Sode is more plentiful but firmly held. White cociats.
powdered Arsenio has been moving Borchard started the game billiantly freely but values are unchanged. and playing steadily seen forged Thore has latterly been a little falling ahead. He kept in front up to the away in the demand for tartaric and cream of tarter half way mark, which he reached acid with Oeround's 200 still uncompleted. and holders of stocks have been re Berckard was scoring consistenly at alizing at lower prices but the raw firm. this juncture with some of the clever. material position is aat strokes of the evening. Osmund's Makera of citric acid are well booked American bichromates are showing from the start was moderate ahead. and he could not settle down. Ber-still offered freely and British makers chard reached 207 with Osmund's have reduced their prices, but the 1coro standing of 201. He looked a consuming demand is only moderate. good winner at the rate, but it was Chlorates of potash and Soda have not to be. Osmund suddenly found been in only limited request. There bie usual form and scoring fast with ie no change to record in borax and extraordinary accuracy, he passed boracic acid. Phosphate of Soda is Berchard in the next 100 points and quiet. Continental supplies of Alam reached 350 leading by 11. He kept and sulphate of Alumina are still ahead to the end, never allowing offered at low rates but makers here Berchard to get dangerous and won have been meeting the position. Oxalic acid is scarce but valtes are by 500 to 413.
A steady export unchanged. enquiry has been ruling for muriate of Ammonia and Salammoniac. The price of Ammonia Akali for the home trada has been agnio reduced and there is a fair enquiry. White caustic MANILA TRADE REPORT. Boda continues in good demand for
Highest breaks:-Omurd, 20, 23, 25 and 43; Borchard 30.
Referee: Mr. T. Murphy; Marker: -Mr. C. O'Sullivan,
Hanoi, (Lapicque) from Haiptong, Kwong Chow Wou.-CIG,
Soshu Maru, (0.8.K.) from Takso, Saatow.-Co.'s Wharf.
Jade, (Kai Yo) from Haiphong, Takboi-West Point.
Choogra, (Hing Lee) from
-C47.
THE RUBBER HAT.
We bave heard of a shaving brush Hoihow.boig made with bristles of rubber, but
the latest new discovery is a rabbir Van Overstraten, (J.C.J.L.) from bowler hat. There are lots of people Amoy.-A5.
DEPARTURES.
Kumgang, (J.M. & Co.) for Kobe, September 3.
Yangtzekiang, (Cheong Fat) for Taikoowanyi, (B. & S.) for Tourane, Huilos.-September 3. Sourabaya, Balikpapan.-September
the home trade and exports are also botter. There is little hens to report in the far products market but it is 3. interesting to note that several large coke ovens have actually reatarted Hongay-September 3.
More
Hirano Maru, (R. V. Fleet) for
Ogawa, S. Nagasawa and K. Yamazaki.
CONSIGNEES NOTICE
Cargo by the B. "City of Sydney" remaining undeli feral after September will be subject to rent. Agents - Bank Lido Lul
TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENT.
"ELLERMAN" LINE.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
FROM HAMBURG, ROTTERDAM, AND BREMEN.
"CITY OF SYDNEY"
says the London correspondent of the Times of Ceylon, to whom the bowler THE Etcaonship hat at any time makes no appeal whatsoever, but it is impossible to wals in the streets of the City of having aurived, Consignees of cargo are London without realizing that its informed that all goods are boing horrible popularity in undiramed. In landed at their rick into the hazardous and/or extra hazardous Godowns of this case there is no reason why if Holt's Wharf, Kowloor, whoare it can be made better ci gubber then delivery may be obtained....
"
No claims will be admitted after the
Goods have lift the Godown, sud all Goods remaining undelivered after 9th September, 1922, will be subject to rent.
All claims against the Steamer must be prosented to the Undersigned on or before 16th September, 1922, or they will not be recognised.
of felt it should not be mado in the former, and rumour has it that soor. no one will be able to distinguish Lungshan Maru, (N.Y.K.) for a rubber bowler bat from the common or garden falt. It will also have two Canton.-September 3,
Kwangtab, (C.M.S.N.) for Shang. advantages, one, that it will be waterproof and the other that it will boi-September 4.
Sheaf Dart, (Dodwell) for Chinwan be unsquashable. If after being zat upon it will revert to its original tas-September 4.
Gemma, (J.C.J.L.) for Shanghai.-parity of outline then we will certainly willingly say good bye co to the felt Septenter 4..
Soshe Maru, (OS.K.) for Canton bowler hat, which gives way on the least provocation in the most friendly September 4.
Chang Chow, (B. & S.) for Shang.of company and is not proof ag inst the slightest familiarity in hand ing.i bi-September 4.
fast adopting rubber footgear and it by As some wng has said Wo are all we adopt rubber headgear also then really it does not matter which end we fall on.”
Suisang, (B. & S.) for Shanghai. September 4.
Van Overstraton, (J. C. J. L) for Deli, Singapore.-8 ptember 5.
Haibong, (Douglas) for Foochow, Swatow-September 5.
Wuhu, (B. & S.) for Shanghai, Amoy-Septeniber 5.
Yu Sang. (J. M. & Co.) for Canton. -September 5.
All broken, chafed and damaged Goods are to be loft in the Godownt, where they will be examined on any Tucedays or Fridays between the bouts of 10.45 a.m. and Noon, within the free storage period of one week.
No Fire Insurance has been effected. Bill of Lading will be countersigned
THE BANK LINE LIMITED, General agente llongkong, September 4, 1892.
Haimun, (Po Shun) for Haiphong,¦ THE TELEPHONE HANDBOOK.
Mesars, Warner, Barnes & Co., Ltd. in their fortnightly circular dated August 15, 1922 etate:
Hemp:-The local market has ruled and that others contemplate working steady throughout the fortuight at an early data. Benzule and toucle under review and closes firm at alight remain in poor demand. ly increased prices, partly due to the solvent Naphtha is offering at the tie-up of inter island shipping and re-moment but consumers are well eulting small receipts. The U.K. covered and new business is scarce market has continued steady, with a and competed for. Creosole oil re good demand for lower grades, and mains unchanged, but with the bulk U.B. values ore firmer at time of of the sessor's requirements in writing.
dehydrated tar covered, larger sup- Sugar: Our market contiuus very plies aro anticipated. Very little is firm. Stocks of centrifugal sugar are doing in carbolic acid. Naphthalenes practically exhausted and holders of are again easier with nodemaud. There the small ungold balance of lower is little change in the position of pitch grade muscovados refuro to sell for next season's delivery. There has except at increased prices. Sales of been a ce.tain amount of parental P.I. eugar basis 88′′) bare beca made business, which has been rea lily taken to the U.S.A. for August September up, but, in general, foreign consumers, shipment and all available No. 1 and by reason of their position, are not No. 2 grades have been disposed of disposed to pay prices now being in Copra :-The market continued firm dirated. In South Wales, consumers up till the 12th instant but closes appear well covered and deliveries are with declining tendency and fever no longer being prussel forward, the buyers. Arrivals are emall, due to demand for briquettes having fallen the inter-island shipping strike. off. The anticipation in some quarters Coal:-There is no change to report. of a considerable advance resulting We quate-Best Japanese Lump from the American coal strike bas F21.00 per ton ex ship duty paii. not so far been realized. Sulphate of Best Australian 124.00 per ton ex animonia remains unchanged. ship duty paid. Second quality Au8. Sundries: American maize starch estimated at 70.8 against 71.2 in June, tralian P22.00 per too ex ship duty has so far not been affected by the p± 7 last year and a 10 years average The abandoned average paid.
recent arrangeacat amongst makers of 730. Rice: Our market has ruled fion and storks are more than sufficient to given as 7.1 or 2,474,000 acres throughout the fortnight and are not current requiremente, whilst fair is exceptionally large. The crap is bas been a substantial improvement quantities are still offering for slip stitnted as 11,119,600 bales agaĵost in priere.
ment ahead. The demand for farina 11,065, 00 a year ago. Tur bas Flour: We can report no improve-is only small but eoma good business been a development cl business in ment in the tone of the loca! market is reported in new crop for October the Manolester market, erquiry for which continues very dull.
shipment. Dextrine is quiet. A good the greater part of thewek being of Freights and Charters-There is trade has been doing in barytes at the very unimportant character, and so improvement to record in China lower prices ruling, American only scattered transactions of com Coast business and several steamers turpentine has fallen steadily and paratively little buk have been pat are reported to Lave been withdawn trade has been only in all lots brough. At the close low.ver there from the services of timo charterers,00 ¦ Paraffin wax and scale are quiet. are some signs of -n incr, aged dem al their failure to make payments
from both Ind'a and China and th's. shen mature the prescat lifeless to of the market will spedi'y shew some improvement. • As it is Messrs. James F. Hutton & Co., there
becn
த very
of charter bires Dificulties in the
economic handling of rosecls havo
been increased by the strike of Chintte
cargo bostmen at Hongkong. Tho
COTTON MARKET.
Hollow.-September 5.
roult that heavy buying set in at once and valura bave risen rapidly. The condition of the crop on July 25 in
P. I. inter-island sleiko, referred to in Ltd., Manchester, August 2ad, stato: appres ble r lapso íram
tho
our last Circular, continues, and there Trading in the cotton markets has been optim'sm of a few weeks ago. Yarns is no sign of an carly settlement. The extremely quiet during the past week, have accumulated in spinnera' bands) only ceal charter reported is that of interest being almost entirely centred owing in part to holidays in the weav the as. "Don José", $3,000 piculs on the bureau report on the American ing centres, and partially to decreased rice, Saigon/Cebu, at 50 cents. local crop duo to be issued y:sterday. sales and in this section of the indus currency per pitul.
Operations have been largely suspend try it is suggested that organised ed this issue but in spite of the fast short time shou'd be adopted. Prices that private stimates continued to continue onsy but do not shew any stew considerably improved pros- very substantial fall ixcept for the pects as compared with a month fiber styles made of Egyptian colton "Hita" zog eng trial Chamberlain's, egy, Asterican-prices-only-eared-Demand from India has been aliads Tain Balm for alicuin-flam 1 Hot, oralightly Egyptian cotton for shouting, shiting, light goods, and no wasting time, as the "nger this. dis asem on the harder is is to curr. has shewn rather more weakness and fancies but there is also, how some Get a battle-today, apply it with a values fell sharply. The bureau revival of enquiry for print. China vigorous anasago to the nfl clod parts figures have however proved to be las bought white goo la For the and you wil Lasarmised and delighte At the relief obtained. For sale by si nuch lower than expected and below Icme trade and Southmetic. ODIF
that of last month even, with the small lots have been sold. Chemists and Sto.ekeepers.
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