THE HONA KONS $ DIRECTORY
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THE HONG KONG DIRECTORY
1928 Issue
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HONG KONG, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 1928.
COTTON TRADE. ·NAVAL PAGEANT.
Lancashire Associations Coping With Crisis.
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NEW SCHEME. Employers Wish Another Conference With Trade Unions.
London, To-day.
Arranged In Honour of
King Amanullah. PRINCE GEORGE PRESENT. Realistic And Impressive Spectacle *Staged.
PETROL PRICE.
Russian Concern Re- duces Its Figure.
11 1/2d. PER GALLON. Struggle Between Combine And Non-Combine Companies.
London, To-day.
London, Yesterday.
In announcing a reduction in the The Cotton Spinners' and Manu- King Amanullah, of Afghanistan, facturers are making a further witnessed a great display of British price of best petrol to 111⁄2d. per attempt to secure the co-operation seapower to-day. He embarked at gallon, the Russian Oil Products, of operatives in the movement to Portland in H.M.S. "Nelson," the Limited, says that the Combine re- reduce production costs.
new 23,500 ton battleship, the flag-ductions, cabled on the lat inst The Federation of Master Cot ship of Vice-Admiral Sir Hubert were initiated for the purpose of ton Spiriners Associations and Brand, Commander-in-Chief of the eliminating the non-combine firms, the Cotton Spinners' and Manu-Atlantic fleet.
but "we intend to hold the clientele
facturers Associations have in- A royal salute of 21 guns was which we have secured during the vited the representatives of the fired as he went aboard. As soon past four years."—Reuter. Cotton Trade Unions to a confer-as the "Nelson" was a few miles ence after Easter.
EASTER VISIT.
(Continued from Page 1.)
The arrangements for an en- tertainment of 3,000 warrant offi- cers and men will be the same as
from the coast a series of realistic The nature of the proposals are
operations war
began. King not stated but wages will be con- Amanullah watched them from one sidered and employers will lay stress on the importance of 48 of the observation platforms. By his side were Vice Admiral Brand hours of effective production.
Cotton Trade's Only Salvation. and Prince George, who is Staff Under a scheme to be promoted Officer In the warship, and who, in by the Cotton and Yarn Associa-French, explained the operations tion for the proposed combine to him. mills of the American section of Submarines dived and launched on the previous day, the various the spinning trade combine will torpedoes at the battleship and one groups changing about.
At 7,30 p.m., two hundred be entitled the Lancashire Tex-of them rose to the surface and at-
Chief and Petty Officers of the tile Corporation, Limited, the sup-tacked with guns, port of owners of least 2,000,- The flagship notified the anti-Japanese Fleet will be entertained 000 spindles will be required for submarine destroyers which rapid-at a smoking concert in the (Bri- its formation.
ly came into action and dispersed tish) Chief and Petty Officers'
Recreation Rooms. Mr. J. J. Tattersall, presiding the submarines with depth charges.
Thursday, April 12. at a meeting, said that 54, mills, The Atlantic fleet, was sighted Admiral Kato gives a tiffin on representing 6,700,000 spindles, approaching majestically in three board the “Nagato,” had already sent in their balance columns. It fired a Royal salute There will be a sports meeting sheets, which did not mean that and then, changing formation, went for the visitors at the Garrison they had joined the scheme but by in line. Miles away lay a tar-recreation ground, Sookumpoo, that they were interested in it. get towed by the warship "Snap- during the afternoon. The ar Three banks, holding 75 per cent. dragon." The battle-cruisers "Re-rangements are in the hands of of the cotton trade are prepared to
of 26,500 Mr. Kitayama, one of the local re- receive applications from mills pulse" and "Renown" likely to join. He did not doubt tons and steaming at 25 knots on sidents.
course, a circular
concentrated At 5.15 p.m., another hundred that buyers throughout the world would trade with the corporation. upon the target with heavy fire officers will be entertained at the three cinemas as on the day be Mr. Tattersall had no fears as from their 16 inch guna.
Later An attack by aircraft, fore. regards finance, as working capi- tal would be obtainable in many launched from the carrier "Furi- The "Mutsu" and "Fuso" will
Lancashire knew that ous" was made upon, the "Nelson." be open to Japanese visitors..
A dinner will be given by the Jamalgamation was its only salva The greatest thrill of the day,
tion:-Reuter.
however, was when the deatroyer Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce in the Hong Kong. flotillas bore down upon the "Nelson" and attacked with tor- Hotel. pedoes. Cruisers engined them and a tense battle ensued.
ways.
AMERICAN TRADE,
STATEMENT BY MR. MELLON.
Friday, April 13.
At 1 p.m., the Hong Kong Chin- ese General Chamber of Com- merce will give a tiffin at the Kam Ling restaurant, West Point.
King Amanullah, who had ex- pressed his keen interest in the naval spectacle, was escorted back:
An "at Home" will be held on Washington, To-day. Mr. Andrew Mellon, Secretary to Portsmouth by the fleet and the "Nagato in the afternoon. The cinema shows for a hun- to the Treasury, told the Senate flight of seaplanes,
Queen Souriya.
dred officers of the previous days Finance Committee that he did not anticipate a material change Queen Sourlyn did not accom-will be repeated and there will be of business conditions during the pany King Amanullah. Instead motor-car trips around the remainder of 1928 from the pre- she stayed in London and visited island.
ceding two years. The $290,000,- Queen Charlotte's Hospital, which The Japanese Consul-General 000 tax reduction must perhaps is devoted to maternity cases. She gives a dinner in the Hong Kong be cut down to $182,000,000 which asked many questions about the Hotel. ARANY M
For the men there will be an- is less than that proposed last work of the hospital and was much year and is due to increased Gov-Impressed when the Matron told jother cinema performance at the ernment Expenditure.--Reuter's her of the low rate of infant mor-Grand Theatre, Wanchai, during American Service.
tality in England--British Wire- the afternoon. less Service.
LABOUR STRIFE.
1
20,000 GERMAN METAL- WORKERS ON STRIKE. WORKSHOPS IDLE.
LORD TREMATON.
TAKES A TURN FOR THE WORSE.
Berlin, To-day. -
metal
London, To-day,
Twenty thousand Saxon workers have struck and have A telegram from Belleville-Sur- brought to a stand still a large Saone states that the condition of number of workshops. The Saxon Viscount Tremator, son of the Earl industriallats will hold a meeting
on the 5th inst. to consider the question of locking out all the metal-workers-Reuter.
GOLD COAST.
NEW HARBOUR AT £4,000,000 COST.
COVERS 200 ACRES.
Sekondi, Yesterday ́ ́ ́Mr. J. H. Thòmas, M.P., (who was Secretary for the Colonies In the Labour Government)opened the new Takoradi Harbour on the Gold Coast.
The harbour covers 200 acres and cost £4,000,000 Reuter
of Athlone,
there
FRENCH CRUISER,
taken
tish
NEW 10,000-TONNER'S
#ACHIEVEMENTS:
CREATES WORLD'S RECORD,
On her
new
by her
Lady Clementi will entertain 120 warrant officers and men at Mountain Lodge during the day. The Nagato" and """Mutsu” will be open to British visitors.
Travelling Facilities...
THE ROMANTIC film sensation of the year ! Three famous stars in one splendid picture --
JOHN GILBERT
IN
FLESH
AND THE
DEVIL
GRETA GARBO & LARS HANSON'
A fascinating romance of two friends and a beautiful woman without a soul !.
AT THE
QUEEN'S
TO-DAY AND TO-MORROW
TIMES & PRICES
At 2.30. 5.00, & 7:15... $1.20, 80 cts., 60 cts, & 40 cts. AL 9.30
$2.00. $1.20, 80 cta,, & 50 cts. Service men in uniform 60 cis, to back stalls & 40 cts.
to' front stalls at all performances.
A GREAT female Impersonator, in one of his funniest roles
IN
SYD CHAPLIN
OH! WHAT A NURSE
AT THE
WORLD
FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY
Orchestra 5.15 & 9.20. Interpreter 2.80 & 7.15.
A famous novelist's striking story of love and marriage in high Society
ELINOR GLYN'S
LOVE'S BLINDNESS
AT THE
With
PAULINE STARKE & ANTONIO MORENO.
STAR
TO-DAY TO SATURDAY.
Continuous 2.30 to 11.15.
On Saturday, April 14, the At 9.16 THE WILBUR PLAYERS IN THE SAP.” --
Japanese ships leave Hong Kong. During their stay, baseball matches will be arranged by thể local Japanese community.
Car transport for the senior officers will be available through- out the stay.htm
In addition to the arranged landing parties referred to in the programme, batches of the men will visit different parts of the Colony during their leisure,
Ample facilities will be made for officers and men to get about. The Kowloon buses will give free trips, limiting the number to four on each bus, Officers and men will travel free on the lower level trams in Hong Kong, not more than ten to each tram. A thou sand tickets for officers and four thousand for men will be present- ed by the Peak Tramway Co, the limit for each car being twenty.
Cluba Thrown Open. Five thousand five hundred packets of special cigarettes, with the Japanese and British emblems tal on them, will be presented to the Bus visitors.
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The officers will be made bon- Bri-orary members of the Hong Kong Club the Royal Hong Kong Golf ened Club the Kowloon Golf Club,
Club
relo, United Services.
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