2
HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.
autheil Capital.
Inoted mal Vully Talk-up
Barve Fuzde:--
Welingto
$50,000,000 20,00),FOR
Besar alility of Perpektors 20,000,000
HEAD OFFICE: BONO KONU
BOARD OF DIRECTORS:--
W. H, HU, Esq. Chairman.
1. A. Mammer, Zeq. Daily Chaleman.
1. P. Balib, Eng. A. . Compton, 249,
B. Landa Lewis, Eng:
35, Ch. th. Makin Kop
A
INOY
NANGKOK
BATAVIA
BOMBAY CALCUTIA
CANTON CHEFOO
COLONIA
W. L. Pallenden. Fag,
T. E. Pearce, E.
T. 16, 15. Shaw, diag
J. P. Warren. Eag
Chist Manager. Hon. Mr. A. G. Byass,
ERANGUER:-
LONDON EYON
MALAYA MAKALA
NAGASAKI
NEW YORK
23MM
MENANI
RANDS
DARREN 3065*55W
HAIFINONG
NAVACIO
HASKOW HARMIN
-AS BRANCHEY!
IHSGRIM
SANA
INGAPORE
261 LAPLAY
11
JUNIORE
EDIN
ROWLOON
QUAL
THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA, Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1853, HEAD OFFICE: LONDON, Paid-up Capital
Reserve Fund
Reserve Liability of Proprie-
ALOR STAK
May tatas)
AMITHAR BANOKOK BATAVIA
SADBAN
MANILA
MEDAN
THE CHINA
MAIL.
HONG KONG
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1930.
MARKET PRODUCE.
APPROXIMATE RETAIL PRICES.
Feb. 7, June, June,
Poultry.
Feb. 7, June, June,
1980. 1918, 1914 Ct. Cl. Ct.
COMMERCE
AND
FINANCE.j
EMPIRE TRADE
•
Butcher Meat.
Beef Sirloiu .....
.£3,000,000
.£4,000,000
tors
.£3,000,000
Agencies and Branches:
KUALA LUMPUR
KUCHING
SOVIET TRADE
Fr
Prime Cut
Corned
Special Departments for Export
Some Essentials to Prosperity
Roust
Breast
J
Soup
JE
Steak
20
Steak Sirlon
24
Sausages
Bullock's Brains
บ
KOMBY CALCUTTA CANTON
CAWRPORE VEND
COLADO
BAIHEN (Den)
Routh Banciuiim) DELAI
HAIPHONG
BANG HANKOW
SEABBEN
Muncharter
BONG KONG
nano
55
KARACHI
KLAND
KUALA KANGSAR
rak (F34)
NEW YORK
PERING
PENANG PESHAWAR BARUCON
BAIOON
SEMARASO
SEBEMBAN
SBASOHAI SINGA PARLE HOBBARAYA TAIPING
PAR.) TAVOI
TIENTSIN
TOKYO
TENORAH Baukoi)
TRINOTAU
YOKOHAMA
ZAMBOANGA
Phitoppi Telandal
Foreign Exchange and General Banking business transacted.
Current Accounts opened and Fix. ed Deposits received for 1 year or shorter periods at rates which will be quoted an application.
SUNGE PATASI PUNTEN
A. H. FERGUSON,
Manager. Hong Kong. 8th January, 1920.
ROASTA
Curate! Acceptioned in Lara trancy
and bed but now your fur
the darency, and Bath
Retur per quoted on application.
940 Faris
Hong Sale ATMA
THE HO HONG BANK, LTD. (Established 1917.)
Authorised Issued
Paid-up
Reserve
HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK. Surplus
CAPITAL
Liabilitice
of
Moscow, Yesterday.
Speaking at the annual meeting The Soviet Trade Commissariat of Orient Steam Navigation Com- is being reorganised and special pany in mall week Sir Allan Alexan-
departments
created
export
to der, referring to imperial trade, handle all foreign trade, Fourteen sakd departments will be established for
These two free nations, Australia
the export of oll, coal, matches and Britain, agree in having carried ete, and leu departments will be democratic liberty to its logical
to deal with
imports.extreme. We and they seek good erated
trade will be wages, reasonable leisure, and com- The entire Eastern handled by n
We and they spend generous- special department. fort. Imported articles for consumply to help the young and the old. tion will be dealt with entirely by We agree In this policy, but to pay the Central Co-operative Society.—
Reuter,
CUSTOMS DECISION Britain and
China's Heavy Loan Obligations
.$20,000,000
Nanking, Jan. 15. 8,000,000
Following a meeting this morn 4,000,000
ing, the Government has instructed Shareholders
4,000,000
the Inspector General of Customs to 2,219,000
collect import duties on a gold basis HEAD OFFICES: SINGAPORE.
Branches, Agencies and Correspon-as from February 1. dents in the principal cities of the world. late may s
Post TPE HONG KONP & SHANGHAI DANKING CORPORATION.
The rat they au in rednet. by the NG KONG AND SHANTHAL
A. C. BYNEA,
Cat Munger.
It th September, 1927.
HEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL- MAATSCHAPPIJ, N.V.
THEBLANI TRADING HOCIETY
HANKELS
Etliche 1924
Tag ng cell Conte's Head Castral.
وا
ทม.
Leal Other
....... Gundars 101,190.003)
4:12,20,3}
1.168.187.5
Oi 20
fullders 10,
(43)
(AMSTERDAM2).
Barry 10 UDIO-BATAVIA.
wala 51 Stks-Bauderdomsg') Bonny,
Paintbutik
Every description of Banking and Exchange business transacted.
TAN ENG HOOL,
Manager. Hong Kong, 15th May, 1929.
THE BANK OF TAIWAN, LTD.
(TAIWAN GINKO)
HEAD OFFICE:-Taipeh, Formosa. Incorporated by Special Imperial
Charter, 1899.
Coutral Bank in Formos, Pak Notes inued Average amount...Yen. 48,000,000 BRANCHES AND ADENCIES:
† JAPAN:-Tuky, Yokohams, Bobe, Unkn
FORMOSA :-Grab, Kagi. Easoko, Keelung, Makong, auto, Banchiku, Taichu, Tainan, Vekao, Techul, Toro, Beito, CEFINA
*Hwatow,
Commenting on this decision, the Finance Minister stated that the action was necessary otherwise China would be unable to satisfy the foreign loan obligations secured on the Customs.
He pointed out that China pays nine millions sterling every year, which at the present silver levels would mean this year an excess in taels of sixty per cent compared with 1925, and twenty per compared with last year.
Position Explained
cent.
The Finance Minister has issued statement explaining that in con- verting specific rates to a gold basin the average rate of exchange for Hankow, Ámoj. Fechow, the last three months of 1020 will OTHERS ong Kong Sigapura. Boerbeys. be used from February 1 to March
Lombar Bagalawin,
Calouste, London, New York, Dairs
15. On and after March 16, the LONDON DANKEUS;
change for January, 1929, will be used.
Calcutik. Cheribots Deanter, The Landas Croviz Wordinater and Farr's Bank, Jakarta) The law). Feddel. Aub
The Bank has Corrampordania In all iba prin. Kim Badje, atamar, Medan, Padang
Pettica, Pang Hades, terdapat Connarat Centres throughout the wor
E. NAQURA Bibolga
Manags?. Boarabala
De You Road Canizal. Tegal, Tilation HONG KONG BRANCH:
Hong Kong, 04h January, 193,
Fantastick
(Sumatra. Sagipore,
Bamarang).
Courekaila (Solo
and Write-zuley's
jhone cifras ka sala deposit bara
o lat.
London Bankenhaustal Provincial Bank Ltd.
Correspondents all over she world
Banking burturns of every
P. H. ELDERA
description tranverted.
Hong Kong. W Hay, 12.
BANQUE DE L'INDO-CHINE.
HEAD OFFICE:
Sh. Boulevard aussman, Paris.
bribed Capital Fr. 72,000,000.00 Paid-Up Capital...Fr. 68,400,000.00 Herus Funds.Fra.109,000,000.00 BRANCHES Bangkok Hong Kong Quizhon
Ilus
Saigon Shanghai Mongtze Nam-Din Singapore
kikumbang Canthu
ptop
JJJÍÍMUTA
Neumeu
Thankea
Tientsin
Peking
Tourane
Fort-Suyard Fapeute
Laiphong
114DLOW
Hana!
IN
from-Penh Vinh Pondicherry Yunnattu BANKERS:
FEANCE: Comptoir National
4 Escompte de Paris; Credit Lyonnais; Bauque de Paris et des Pays-Bas; Credit Industriel et Commercial; So- ciete Generale.
IN LONDON: The National Pro metal & Union Bank of England, 1. Comptoir National d'Escompte de Faria; Credit Lyonnais.
IN NEW YORK; J. P. Morgan å Co.; French Americau Banking Cor- poration; Guaranty Trust Co. of New York.
interest aflower
coals and Fixed
to arrangements.
Established 1912.
Head Office Hong Kong.
Tongue, fresh Tongue, corned
Hump, Salt
Head
J
Heart
J
k
Fest
H
Kidneys
Tail
r
Liver
Trine
Leg
Shoulder Saddle
"
Pig's Chiting
*
Brains Feet Fry
1
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ffend
14
Heart
Kidneys
Liver
our billa we must sell our goods and Calves' Head & Feet low production will not pay high Mutton Chop costs, When, by a common effort of employers and employed. Great Australia can once staple again produce their main exports at the right price, our health will have returned and the strength of each will help the other. andl Prosperity
entching spreads even faster from one re- lative to another than between
clan spirit " An active strangers. helps the whole clan.
Our own
folk in the British Pork Chop Dominions produce food and raw
Leg material we need in Great Britain, and it is good business as well as
buy from good feeling to
them. For these essential supplies it is
11
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Loin
Fat or Lard
Sheep's Head & Feet.
Fleart
נן
Kidneya
Liver
Sucking Pige,,to order
Suet, Beef
1030. 1918. 1914.
Cta. Cta. Cla.
牛尾耙
ib.
32
24 12
34 · 28
11
14
29
1 12
32
24
24
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28 20 18
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32 24 22
Eggs, Hen (fresh)
Chicken Capons, Small
Capons, Largu
Duck
Doves
Eggs, Hon (cooking)....
I 19
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Als cach
Hi per doz, 40
新鮮雞蛋
46 30
36
Fowls, Canton
11
36
26
20
Fowls, Hainan
ner set 18
10 12
Genso
each 175
50
60
80 60
.. $1,25
31.20
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20 18 14
12 20 IK
cach l 10 12
18 10 12
30
20 29
11
Figeons, Canton
Helbow
Turkeys, Cock
Turkeys, Han
Snipe Phonanat
Chall fartridges
46 RA
tach 55
80
lb.
pair 1.80
cách 20
05
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26
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Apples (California)
金山濕
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Banonas (bride's)
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24
Oranges (Canton)
新合甜橙
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23
Oranges
MO
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»
70
21
Peanuts...
花
70
Persimmons, Large
7
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*.
10
25
Pumelo, Siem
25
42
Walnuts
20
18
Grapes
梨生柿風林子
11
+
18
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each 14
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20
Vegetables, &c.
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牛牛
Mutton
Vral
Sausages
No. 1
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蛟
Barbal
Bream
28
Ib.
46 16
24
愆
20
16
73
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Carp
Catfish
Codfish
Crabs
Cuttle Fist
Dab
12
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On and after. February 1, the Hai.
J. J. Bernet, president of the Chesa-Dace kwan toel will be discontinued as a unit of calculation of duties on im- peake and Ohio Railway.
Dog Fish ports from abroad. Instead a new
rely upon fellow-citizens Eels. Conger gold unit will used. This unit will safer to
than
foreigners, and our upon be equal to 60.1866 centigrams of
kinsmen are our best customers. THE BANK OF CANTON, LTD. pure gold and will therefore be
atrong arguments, but Froge equivalent to forty gold dollar These are cents, or 39.7265 pence, or. .8025I am not sure that the policy i Garoupa yet ripe for electoral propaganda. Gudgeon gold yen.
From February 1 to March 15, in- Much as we resemble each other in Herrings clusive, the specific duties on im- pur methods, our fortunes, and our Halibut ideas, we and the Australians are Labrus porta from abroad, now expressed in
Loach walow. Haiwan taels, will be convert in fiscal policy antipodean. red into the new unit.on a basis of one Hatkwan tacl equals 1.50 of the new unit, and beginning with March 16 on a basis of one Haikwan tael equals 1.75 of the new unit,
Ausberived Cepill (1.K. Durrency) $11,000,000 8,681,300 Paid Up Capkai vienas Beserve Fund TANIMAYAAN DE 860,000 URANCHES —
addon, Biaoghal, Bankow, Bangkok, New York and a
LONDON BANKE The Lloyd's Bank
CORRESPONDENTS
in all principal cities of the World.
Farsiga
and bank's business of Every descriplina irannaCHE
bate Depot Boxes (various Esw) as a girly rate of trad 65 to $10.
LOOK FUONG SHAN,
Chlef Manager. Hong Kong. 19th February, 1927.
THE BANK OF CHINA. 行銀國中
(Specially Authorised by Presidential
Mandate of the Republic of China on the 22nd of November, 1917.)
Authorized Capital Pald-up Capital Reserve Fund
As heretofore, dollars, taels and other currencies will be received in payment of duties, and the rates at which such currencies will be ac- cepted will be announced from time to time. At least three days notice will be given in the event of any change of rates.
$60,000,000.00 THE INDUSTRIAL & COMMERCIAL
18,278,000.00
BANK, LIMITED. 8.629.425.24
HEAD OFFICE: PEKING,
HONG KONG BRANCH:
4, Queen's Road Central.
Branches and Sub-branches all over
on Current Ac-China and Correspondents in Europe,
posits according
Every description of Banking and Ezehango Business transacted.
Safe Deposit Boxes to lat.
A. LEGOT,
Manager.
HEAD OFFICE: 12-14, Queen's Road, Central, Hong Kong.
BRANCHES:
Shanghai, Hankow, Canton, Kungmoon, CORRESPONDENTS
America and other parts of the world. In all principal cities of the world.
Bankers:-The National
London
land, Ltd.
Provincial and Union Buck of Eng- Every description of Banking and.
Exchange business transacted. We The Guaranty Trust Company of offer prompt and personal service."
TIENMU K. LIN,
New York.
ex-Monk Fieb
Of British voters, the few whe Lobsters read statistics will remark that the Mackerel two largest purchasers of our ports are India and Australia, the Muliet one with teeming millions, the other | Oysters with few but very' friendly buyers Parrot Fish
long may their number and the Perch friendship grow! Third and fourth Pike come the United States and Gor- Plaice
In 15 years from 1913, in Pomfret, White many. spite of the marvellous prosperity Pomfret, Black of the United States and our great Prawns burdens, our purchases from the Ray United States have grown more than Rock Fish twice as much in value as our sales Roach to them have grown. Our trade Salmon with the United States is of great Shark value, but one Australian buys 18 Skate much of our goods as 22 citizens of Shrimpa What deduction Snapper the United States. the
read few who
statistics Soles will draw from them may
per-Tench hapa depend *0
where
they Turbot read them, and it may be that
after much argument about it
and about,
they will go out
Turtles, small, fr, water
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尼腓 水 * 93****#*#&÷47¬SEBECKES*E*KAIA. 公班
***KE KEZESIFEEDERULAS?RONBRKOZAETHRKE
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23
Artichokes
Beat, Sprout
Long
Beet Root
Bitter Squasb
Brinjala, Green
Red
5
10
25
10
8
8
2
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13 10
10 27
12
9
Cabbage, Chinese
(Shanghai). #
16 17
Cane Shoots, bunch
24 26
Cauliflower (Large) ..
16
27
(Medium)
14
23 16
(Small)
20
Carrots
10
8
10
Celery, Chinese
Chillies, Dried
10 18
#
26
30
Red
Green
JP
92
25
40 30
Cucumbers
22
18
Garlic
13
23
18
15
32 13
Curry Stuff, English..
Ginger, Young
018
Horseradish, Shanghal
22
24
Indian Corn
*32
21
Lettuce
20
20
Water Chestnuts
13
2
Mandarin.桂林
#
12
Mushrooms, Fresh
14
0
Oicroen
20
15
Onions, Bombay
10
D
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11
26
20
36
30
Parsley
£6
46
Potato, Sweet
10
14
上 Shanghai
Japanese
10.
14
American
13
18
Pumpkda
22
10
Radish
86
JD
8.
10
Shallots
Rhubarb (Fresh)
干数
10
10
Splanch
82
80
28 28
Taros
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辣椒干
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洋您
生
紅蘿
*
22
26
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21
19
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18
12
Water Creas
8
4
7
8
4
6
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3
10
24
12
5
cach 10
10
#
15
40 1.20
went
seriously OIL YIELD IN MEXICO by the same door that in they of costs which now BO
hampers the great export trade of -a door labelled (rightly or wrong- both countries-if no other reason
General Manager.
remember that any lag in their
THE
-
MERCANTILE BANK OF
INDIA, LTD.
10
8
45
1
1
8
4
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60
3
3
4
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Hong Kong, 1st May, 1929.
THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK,
LIMITED.
New York Bankers: The Irving, National Bank.
The Equitable Trust Company of New York
Interest allowed on Current Ac-! counts and Fixed Deposits, Terms on application.
Every description of Banking Busi noea transacted.
Established 1880.
Capital (fully paid-up) Yen 100,000,000 ition. Reserve Fund.......Yon 108,500,000
Head CHßces—YOKOHAMA.
Branches and Agencies ats
Alexandria
Batavia Bombay Ruence Ayres
(Temporarily
closed). Calcutta Canton
Changchan
Daiven (Dalny).
Newchwang
Swoya
New York
Graks
Peking
Kangoon Rio de Janeiro *Salgon
San Francisco
Fongtien (Mukden) Seattle
Hamburg
Elam Kot
Harbin
Semarang Shanghai Shimuseki
Hong Kong Singapore Honolula
KM Tuen Karschi
Bob
London
Los Angeles
Lyons
Manila Nazarik!
Boscabaya Sydney
Tientsin
Tokyo
Tsinanto
Tsingtan Vladivostok
(Temporarily Closed) faturert allowed de Cozzent Deposits received for fisid perioda zutes to be obtained on appleaten
11. HOEL"
Kong, 11th September, (1923,
Loans granted an approved secur- Special facilities for Home Ex- change.
SHOU J. CHEN,
HEAD OFFICE
Manager.
The grok Hatayin Barabay
Cellarbe
Ipcb
Kandy
Ник
Ente Abar
Hania Kri
THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LTD. Caleta
HEAD OFFICE: HONG KONG, 10, Des Voeux Road Contral, Hong Kong. Authorised Capital Pald-Up Capital Reservo
..$10,000,000 5,000,000 1,603,000
Dithi
Kanta Lumpur Bingapore Hong Kong Kuantan (Fahang) Sourabaja
Medres Howrah
HONG KONG BRANCEL
'Tomatoes
Turnips, Punti (Long)
Vegetable Marrow .......... ji #
Water Lily Root
ly) free trade in Eritain and pro- moves thom, perhaps they will both Fourth Place As World
tection in Australia.
Big Loar and them?·
The
con-
Producer
#
United
Countries leading Mexico in pro- duction in 1929 are the States, Venezuela and Russia.
Prospects in 1930
In commercial and industrial cir- cles the view Is held that this year must necessarily see an increase in production from the vast reserves
Official estimates of Mexican of Mexican oil, and that, even tak
The many British voters who progress damages the Orient Line. | dislike statistics but love the "Big
We have recently invested some Lost" and the "Free Breakfast £5,000,000 in ships to carry pas- Table" may be as scared as Red sengers and goods between Europe 15, Grossharth Birol, London, E. C.B. Riding Hood when they see a tariff and Australia. Our profit is at Petroleum production for 1929 are ing into account the present world Authorlied Capital
for them under the name of free best a small fraction of our total placed at between 44,000,000 and over production, Mexico's growing .£3,000,000 Subscribed Capital
How will revenue; if our revenue is reduced 16,000,000 barrels, which would stability and general financial and trade for the Empire. 1,800,000
that small fraction and our leave this country in fourth place as economic development will result Paid-up Capital ................. 1,050,000 they vote? Will they assure them-by Reserve Fund and Rost 1,612,047
Now interests. selves a regular food supply from costs remain the same, our proft a world producer, says the Moxies in extended operations by foreign Such a development, 11 BANERIS
To restrict imports to City correspondent of the
His message, which is believed, would mean much in York Times. The Bank of England & Kidland Hank, tad friends, or will they fear the tariff vanished.
DHANCHES:
as a wolf greedy to gobblo up their Australia-and, Still worse, to re is dated December 29, continues: Mexico's ability to increase her pay New York
trict the flow of passengers--der- Petang
Up to the end of October national ments on her international obliga Poes Lula (Mauritius) Fargoon
Australian voter is pro-lously adds to the cost of sending
to officationa. Ahangbal Kenia Lipis • Simla
tectionist. Protected secondary in-oversens every ton of wheat and production, according
Agures, was 5,867,194 cubic metres, dustries employ as many
Aus wool, butter and fruit.
or 37,000,000 barrels, valued in On all grounds it is very evident! tralians as the whole primary pro-
Mexican currency at 72,662,710 PRODUCTION CENSUS
On duction. Will these protected wage that Australia and Great Britain
pesos (about $36,331,355). earners vote to remove their pro-and the British Empire are
One to be Taken Next those figures are based the estimates for the year. tection even to help British manu cerned to find promptly the answar
Year factures WID the risk putting to the British Empire to-day. Can
The total Mexican production of To them we, with a proad record in peace themselves out of work? protection is the grandmother and and war, with the best buman stock oil of all classes from 1901 to the in the world-can we, with our end of October 1929, according free trade the hungry wolf.
be taken in the year 1981 in respect Forthcoming Imperial Conference freedom and democratic control, to a report from the petroleum sec.
But, even if the pulley of the clan produce bulk exports at the world's tion of the Ministry of Industry of production in the year 1980. needs more thought before an in-price, and, if not, how do we.ox- and Commerce, has amounted to The order is made under Section In this 246,746,858 cubic metres, or 1,552,-1, sub-section (2) of the Census of spiring Iden? becomes a political poet to sell our goods? programme, we may be permitted to great effort to improve production 108,201 barrels, with a commercial Producilon Act, 1917, which enacts hope that the forthcoming Imperial and to reduce costs here and in Aus- value of 2,805,877,167 Maxican pesos that a census shall be taken fa any Conference will not only bring ustralia it is evident that employers (nearly $1,402,888,588). closer to one another in trade policy and employed must work together, Petroleum products but will also remove friction which and I hope, equally evident that from Mexico in the first ten months may sooner or later drive us apart. Great Britain and Australia must, of 1029 were upward of 28,000, Neither Great Britain nor Australia in their common interest, seek the 000 barrels, not taking into ac need wall for the Imperial Confer strength that springs from close count products of foreign origin
manufactured in this country. ance to check the "ascending spiral co-operation,
Every description of Denting and Exchange
less transacted.
Travellers Cheques issued.
Trustee and Executorships under INTEREST allowed on Current Account
taken.
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The Board of Trade has ordered that a census of production shall
year which is fixed for the purpose by the Board of Trade, provided that there is at least a year's in terval between the date on which the order is made and the com mencement of the year in which the census. is to be taken.