MONDAY, JULY 16, 1923.
COMMERCIAL.
HONGKONG NOTES AND
COMMENT
WEST RIVER AGAIN.
Deliveries have been very dull during the week-end, due to bad trade in the Coast Parts and uncer- tain West River conditions.
FLOUR.
During the week end the market has improved and opened to-day with an average increase of four cents per sack of 50 lbs. Consider able buying has taken place, but there has been little in the way of clearances.
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NICOLA,
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MYSTIFICATION AT THE
THE CHINA MAIL.
CORRESPONDENCE:
GUN-RUNNING
Nicola has but to transfer the [To the Editor of the "China Mall."} three last letters of his name to-the
CHINA COAST.
gone chief engineer, Kwank ping" a
Mr. J. P. Sparling, second officer,
officer, "Kutwo, has gone second Mr. J. A. Murphy, acting chief officer, samo ship,
.
Mr. V. Ginter, second officer,"Kutwo," has gone acting chief Whangpu," is on reserve.
officer; same ship, Captain R. H. G. Ashby, of the "Fongtien," is on reserve. teave, has gone master, "Fengtien," Captain H. A. Walker, from:
officer, "Kwangping." has gone Mr. A. F. Maginnis, acting chief second officer, same ship.
gone chief officer, "Kwongping."
Mr. G. Wilson, from leave, has
"Kumsang." has gone sup'y second Mr. R. G. Lowden, third officer, officer, "Taisang."
Captain W. Wilson, of the Wingshing," is on reserve. "Mingsang," is on leave.
Captain H. Simpson, of the
Mingsang," has gone acting mas
Mr. H. S. Harley, chlof officer,
officer, "Kwangping," is on reserve," Mr. E. Hempel, sup'y second
appointed second officer," Kwang-
Mr. W. E. Smith has beenter, some ship. tung
Chinese form of what he might that you said in the principal article beginning of itfo give us a modified Sir, should like to support all truthfully be called. Old Nick in your Saturday's paper, on the sums up the performance. By question of the sentence given by which we mean to infer that Nicola the magistrate to the American gives a performance which is sailor who was caught with arms mystifying and perplexing in the and ammunition. The sentence of extreme and arouses a vast and con- six months imprisonment seems a tinued interest during the time he lot at first sight, but when you think is on the stage., Nicola is not the of the great amount of harm that is only public performer in his line of being done, the number of lives business, but he is the only one that are being lost, and the wo
have met 50 far who many people who are led to is able
Mr. F. N. Booth, second officer, to sustain a perform go in for banditry, burglary "Kwangtung, has gone chief ance, almost on his own and thieving, through being able to "Linan." shoulders, or to be more accurate, get these vile instruments of death, HOME TRON TRADE.
with his own hands, without a one begins to think that moment's boredom. The mind is harsher punishment should be At the moment extreme quietness said that Nicola not only entertains, will not prevent gun-running,
These sentonces perhaps ever on the alert so that it may be made. chamcterise the iron and allied ho educates. His manner also is a will make smugglers invent more tradas, but manufacturers look for feature of the performance. Quietly cunning ways to get these things in the early removal of some of the he goes about his business,
ex-to China, and we must hope that the causes of inactivity, and expect to plaining" how things are done and Police will be ever more and more experience revival in buying as the doing the seemingly impossible vigilant and keep a very watchful summer advances, says Home with an ease that makes everything eye on these evildoers. paper in mail week. They are con look easy. His treatment also of Thanking you for publishing fident that substantial orders are his stage Committee-those free this, being held up pending the stabilisa- and independent gentlemen who tion of prices, and are firmly of so valiantly mount the stage, opinion that so soon as that event to see that everything is in Hongkong July 16. - happens steady. Round trade will order is excellent, and his hand- speedily follow. Meanwhile, how.ling of two small boys on Saturday over, the situation gonemily is far front satisfactory. Prices all round are dropping, and the business as ing is confined to transactions to meet early requirements.
who were intrigued to go upon the
It
Yours etc. SUPPORT THE LAW.
her
The Jardine steamer "Tai stage, stand upon a magic carpet sang" which came into port from of eggs taken from an opera hat, mishap during the trip. Her steer- and take charge of a great number Canton this morning, had a slight was very fine. These are little ing gear was carried away and this In the hope of tempting custom-sible to enumerate the many tricks"Apoey." The "Talsang," which things but they tell. It is impose caused coilision with the s.s. ers into the market pig-iron pro-done by Nicola, and which In-is commanded by Captain Grant, ducers have this week made a terested an overflowing house on formerly of the further all-round reduction of half- Saturday. Some we had seen be-suffered slight damage to
Kumsang a-crown in quotations, notwith-fore, others were quite new. Creat- forecastle plating. standing the fact that, as yot,ing a human being from Kipling's working expenses have not fallen to recipe of a lady "a rag, a bone and any appreciable extent. Under a hank of hair" was bewildering; such conditions blastfurnaces mutat "hatching" humans from the empty now be running on extremely small. if any, margin of profit. No. 1 Cloveland pig is still very rearce and dear as compared with other quali- ties of Cleveland. No. 3 and No. 4 foundry are now in arople supply, but there is not much forge iron available for the market. The lower prices for Enst Coast hematite
space of a box, shooting rings kindly loaned by members of the audience from a gun to a locked box, which in itself contained a number of other locked boxes, to find the said rings neatly tied in paper: in the last of them play with an ordinary handkerchief that seemed to have the breath of life
TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENTS.
BOARD RESIDENCE.
BOARD RESIDENCE. Comfortable
and Homely. One minute from Ferry and Steamers. Cuisine under
are expected to extend Continental in it: floating a lady in mid air: personal supervision, Private Billiard
transactions in that commodity.
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exchanging places with a lady in a table. Terms moderate. Telephone box, the box having previously K. 357, Mrs. Stewart Ogilvie.
few sales of ferro-manganese to Ger-heen locked and roped: escaping many are reported,
There is some little inquiry for twinkling of an eye-these are but from shackles and handcuffs in the foreigngre, but actual business is a few of the many things that were very slow.
done and that will be done at the
Durham blastfurnace coke keeps Star until the next change of pro- scarce, but is falling in price in gramme. Nicola is fortunate in sympathy with the downward his assistants. The antics of one of movement in ather kinds of fact. them helped to make the evening Manufacturers of finished iron more enjoyable, whilst the efforts and steel, though anxions to secure of Wagnar in sketching quickly orders to follow on fast-expiring with coloured crayons, and the contracts, are reluctant to lower Dainty- Dares in song and dance prices. They adhere to recent must not be overlooked. There quotations for home trade but are was also the unconscious effort of prepared to make concessions for a member of the audience who, in export business.
the card trick item asked that the "Aice of spides" be produced.
No. 1 Cleveland pig. 127/6 to 120/- No. 3 G.M.D. 177/6.
No. 4 foundry
No. 4 forge
115/-
112/6
Mixed Nos, hematite 117/6 Darham blastfurnace
Coke
43/- delivered.
SUN YAT-SEN.
STATUS EXPLAINED BY C. C. WU.
Mr. C. C. Wu, in an interview given to the Canton Daily News on evi-having said that the government is Dr. Sun's status, is reported as
The history and reason of the one in fact though not in name anomalous state of things are as follows:-
JAPAN TRADE. Something like a panic is in dence on the textile market now that most of the season's transac tions have been completed, and business is limited to immediate noods, says the Japan Chronicle. When Dr, Sun was in Shanghai This state of things is due to specu- last year, he suggested to the North lation, in which producers, whole that there should be a conference salers and retailers have indulged to disband troops and to effect for the past three or four months, union, that is, he announced his with the result that dead stock has advocacy of peaceful unification. accumulated on the market. Both Then when Chen Chiung ming was cotton and silk goods are being driven out of Canton by the dumped, with the exception of the various Cantonese, Yunnanese, and cheaper qualities. The general Kwangsi forces, Dr. Sun was re level of prices is 20 to 30 per cent.peatedly and urgently requested by below the recent highest.
During May, the output of twelve leading Japanese paper mills we 64,800,000 pounds, of which 64.199,000 pounds were sold in the same month. This is an increase of 007,000 pounds in the output, and of 2,923,000 pounds in the amount gold, as compared with the volume of business for the proceding month
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CHARGE.
HOUSEBOY'S COMPLAINT.
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Bilk and Valeabla Cargo for Italy, Franco and London (under arrange ment) will be conveyed by this Steamer proceeding to Bombay and there tran- shipped to the on-carrying didamer for Marseilles and London.
The contents and value of all packages until & pm the day before sailing. Parcels will be received at the Office
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Hongkong, July 16, 1923.
HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE. THE Motorship or Steamship.
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having arrived, Consignees of Cargo by ber are hereby notified that all the different commanders to come goods are being landed at their risk, to Canton to take charge. He ac into the hazardous and/or extra- ceded to their request. In coming hazardous Godowns of the HONG. down he had three courses open to KONG & KOWLOON WHARF & him. (1) to continue the govera- GODOWN CO., LTD., whience and/or ent interrupted by Chen's coup from the Wharves, delivery can be d'etat of last June, and reassume the obtained. title as President, (2) to assume no title whatsoever, (3) to assume the the goods have left the Godowns, No claims will be admitted after title of Generatissimo, which as and all goods remaining undelivered every one knows, is a title given by after 22nd July, 1923, will be law to the President. Dr. Sun did subject to rent,"
not adopt the first course because All Claims must reach us by he thought that in so doing, people 29th July, 1923, or they will might think he was setting up a not be recognised.
rival government, and thus making All damaged packages will be it more difficult to bring about uni-examined by Messrs. Goddard and Gication by conference. The second Douglas (Marine Surveyors) at 10 course was impracticable, because, a.m. on 20th July, 1923, in dealing with the military, he No Fire Insurance will be effected. would have to issue orders. Thus Bills of Lading will be counter> he had no alternative but to adopt signed by Three Chinese were charged the third course. His present.title Before Mr. C. D. Melbourno this is Generalissimo of the Military
ARNHOLD & CO., LTD... morning with highway robbery on and Naval Forces, and the different
Agents. the Peak on Saturday night. The Department, such as Foreign
Hongkong, July 16, 1923. first was described as a houseboy Affairs, Interior, Finance, War, employed at a house on the Peak Reconstruction, are all departments Road. The second defendant, out of the Generalissimo's Headquar of employment, was alleged to be ters. The administration has TO SECRETARIES OF CLUBS AND living with the first. The third was all the attributes and functions of a said to be a lift-boy in a Queen's government, and the departments Rond building
form for all practical purposes the They are alleged to have held cabinet, without having the name. up a houseboy. A bundle is said It is an anomalous state of things to have been stolen. The defen- caused by the exigencies of the entertainments, sent for insertion in coming meetings, lectures and. dants were arrested by Indian con- situation on the one hand, and by he news columns of the China Afail, stables at the junction of May and Dr. Sun's consistency to his policy are charged for at the rate of $1 each. Perk Roads
of peaceful unification on the other. (as announced in May and June of Detective Inspector. Pincati, Questioned by the correspondent 1923, providing that they do n asking for a formal remand for a as to how long this state of affairs occupymied than, four lines. In week, informed His Worship that will last, Mr. Wu replied. It all future Ethly space is exceeded they as the offence was serious he would depends upon the altaation in the will be placed in the advertising. object to ball,
horth
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"OTHER INSTITUTIONS.
ALL preliminary notices of forth
Mr. P. F. Green, chief officer, aLinan, is on leave.
Mr. Y. N. Campbell, second officer, "Chongtu, has gone Mr. E. Liley has been appointed second officer, "Linan." second officer, "Chongtu."
Mr. P. B. Cheetham, from leave, has gone second officer, Yunnan." Mr. E. H. Histed, chief officer, "Kalgan." "Luchow," has gone chief officer,
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Mr. W. E. Liley, chief officer, "Kalgan," has gone chief officer, "Luchow."
Mr. A. J. Courtney, from leave, has gone third engineer, "Kwang- ping."
"Kwangping," is on leave.
Mr. P. L. Smith, chief engineer, Mr. A. Croff, from reserve, has
Mr. D. R. Wilson, second officer, "Loongsang," has gone acting chief officer," Mingsang."
Mr. W. C. E. Webb, from re- Serve, has gone chief officer,
Hangsang."
Mr. T. Ferguson, sup'y second officer, "Yuensang has gone sup'y second officer; "Kwongsang." officer "Kwoogsang," is on leave, Mr. J. Moodie, suply, second Mr. C. M. Anderson, from leave, has gone second engineer, "Ting- sang.
Mr. G. W. Sinclair, from reserve, has gone chief officer, "Changon." Mr. H. Iverson, chief officer, "Chungan," is on reserve.
A Chinese lady whose age is given as 56, fell from a tram at Des Veur Road Central, near the Central Market, and was seriously injured in the head.
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