HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.

Authorised Capital 80,000,DOR Coomed And Pully Paid-up $30,000,108 Beta Punds:-

terling

*-*-*-*-*-* §9,400,000

Be Ligbility of Proprietors..... 8943901,000 HEAD OFFICE: HONG KONG.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS 1-

3. A. Plummer, Eng. Chairman,

Hon. Mr. 0.0, 8. Mackin. Tepaly Chairman.

W. R. Ball. Beq.

A. E. Compton, Eaq. T. E. Peares. Eng

TIE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA. Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1853. HEAD OFFICE: LONDON.

Paid-up Capital

Reserve Fund

*£3,000,000 .£4,000,000

Reserve Liability of Pro-

prietors

.£3,000,000

AJOR STAR

KOALA LUMPYs

KUCHINO

MADILAS

MANILA

agencies and Branchen:

(Malaysia)

AMRITHAR BANGROK NATAVIA

How. Mr. J. J. Patern.a

BOMBAY

CALCULTA

CANTON

CAWNPORE

CEN

COLOMBO

3. Kanda Levin, Esq. T. H. R. Blum, Raq.

0. Milla, Esq.

AMOT

MAVOKOK

BATAVIA

BOMBAY

CALCUTTA

CANTIN CHEFOO

LAIREN

CITOW

3. P. Warrag La

Chief Manager.

V. M. Oraytish, Eag

HAIPHONG

ПАИНОВКА

BANKOW

LARKIN

LONOKE W

talla

[PUB

JONOUR

KUBE

KOWLOUN

KUALA LA

BRANCHEB:-

LONDON

NH

MALACCA

MANILA

MAN (Jokors)

JORDEE

NAGASAKI

NEW YORK

PEIFING

PENAHO

BANDOON

SALGOR

SAN PRANCISCO

SHANDRAL

x] NHAI, LE

-QURABAYA

BUNGE PATANJ

PIENIRIN

TOKYO

TaLSO TAO

YOKOHAMA

Chat Anunta opened in Loral Caribbay od Fired Depouta, fackend ine use your DI aburi pada Ses Doral Curtway and Hurling

which wil be quoted on application

HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK.

The Business of the above Bank conduct

by the LONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANTING CORPORATION. Bales may b

skinned on application.

FOR THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.

V. M. TAYHURN,

Reog Ronr. 10th July, 1500,

Chist Manager.

▼NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL-

MAATSCHAPPIJ, N.V.

(NETHERLANDS TRADING #XIETY;

BANKERS.

___

Patablished 1824,

Bong Kong Office:-11, Queen's Boad Central, brid Capital Quilders 240,000,000- Paid-Up Ospital Gulider 89,300,000 Reserve Fund. Aulidern” 40,628,000

(213,600,000.)

120,569,170)

{23,301,822)

and I—AUSTEKĽAK Ester ad Onion :--UATAVIA. BRANCHES -Handjarmasin, flandaeng”, Bombay,

Calmatia, Charlton, Darbar, Dipa

jakorte”, The Bagua, Jeddah, Kiba, Kota-Hadja. Makassar, Hedas, Padu Palembang. Pakalongan, Frying, Pontianak, Bangoen, Hotterdam,

Sharbel Hatoerang

Bibolya (Busser), Blogspor Bourbala Sosenkarta (Bola), Tagul, Tjilajup and Walseridan

• Thoes aftowa kare safe disposit boxme to tak, Landon Haphers National Provincial Bank Lad.

Components all over the world

Danklog business of every description traented.

A. STUKKINI,

Arlog Manager.

Hong Kong, 18th Auguai, 1980,

BANQUE DE L'INDO-CHINE.

HEAD OFFICE:

6, Boulevard Haussmann, Parta.

Subscribed Capital Fra. 72,000,000.00 Fald-Up Capital...Fra. 68,400,000.00 Reserve Funds ....Fra.102,000,000.00

Bangkok

Cantha

Canton

BRANCHES:

Hong Kong Quinhon

Saigon Battambang Hue

Shanghai Mengtzo Nam-Dinh Singapore Neumea Thanhes

Tientsin Peking Tourans Pauma-Penh Vinh Pondicherry Yunnanta BANKERS:

Djibout!

Fort-Bayard Papeete

Haiphong

Hapkow

Hanoi

IN FRANCE: Comptoir National d'Escompte de Paris; Credit Lyonnais; Banque de Parle et des Pays-Bas; Credit Industriel et Commercial; 80 ciete Generale.

IN LONDON: The National Pro- vincial & Union Bank of England, Ltd.: Comptoir National d'Escompte de Paris; Credit Lyonnais.

IN NEW YORK: J. P. Morgan & Co.; Bench American Banking Cor. paration; Guaranty Trust Co. of New York.

DAIREN (Dein

Heath Manchuria)

DELHI

HAIPHONG

NAMRONO

BANKOW

HANDEN

(N. Manchura)

HONG KONO

25.017.0

Mon

KARACHI

KLAND

KORE

KUALA KANGSAR

MEDAN

NEW YODA PEKINO "PERANO

PESHAWARL HAXHOON HAJQUN

SEMADANO

SEREMBAN

SHANGHAI

SINGAPORE

SOURABAYA

TAIPINO (...) TAVOY

TIENZAIN

TOKYO

TONOKAH (Bhuket)

YORDHAMA

ZAMBOANGA

1er ...} Ailippine Islandet Foreign Exchange and General Banking busmess transacted,

Current Accounts opened and Fix nd Tleposits received for 1 year or which will shorter periods at rates he quated on application.

A. H. FERGUSON,

Manager. Hong Kong, 8th January, 1920.

(Established 1917.)

HEAD OFFICE:—SINGAPORE. Hong Kong Branch: 13, Queen's Rd., C.

Authorised Capitol Straits $20,000,000 Issued Capital...

8,000.000 Paid-up Capital

4,000,000

4,000,000 2,520,000

Krserve Liabilities uf Sharehaltiera. Surplis

Branches, Agencies and Correspon depty in the principal cities of the world.

THE CHINÀ MAIL.

and

Commerce

Finance

EVILS OF PRICE INSTABILITY..

Sir Basil Blackett and the 'Monetary Machine'

PIECE GOODS,

PROFITAFLE TRADING FOR CHINESE.

A BARE ADMISSION.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY. 25, 1931.. -

HONG KONG MARKET PRODUCE.

APPROXIMATE RETAIL PRICES.

Butcher Meat.

Boat Siriola

牛尾耙

Ib.

на

Prime Cat

**

H

Corned

M

Roast

Breast

Soap

Steak

#

#

Steak Sirloin Sausages

The reports and prices are "A stable price level is an published as supplied by importers. essential requisite for real human) and the Central Chamber of Com- progress in the twentieth century," merce cannot accept responsibility Bullock's Braids declared Sir Basil Blackett, K.C.B., for the accuracy thereof. a director of the Bank of England Cotton Piece Goods & Fancy Goods. and the, representative of the Gov- ernment on the board of, Imperial and International Communica- tions, at luncheon given by the American Chamber of Commerce in London at the Hotel Victoria re "cently.

Feb. 6, June, June,

1981. 1918. 1914.

Ota. Cza. Ct.

20 24

30

30

M

28

25

"

Ja

44

re

20

28

23

24

2018

80

per sot 18

sach 65

80

20

60

-$1.20

24 15

H

Tongue, fresh

Tongue, corned Hoad

$1.00

M

H

Heart

15

Hump, Balt

Feat

0

ench 10

"

Kidneys

15

10

H

The

Tail

>

25

20

H

Liver

Ib.

24

1

Trips

10

Market remains quiet and there is little of interest to report other than satisfactory clearances and a continuance of miscellaneous small sales of white shirtings and season- able fancies from stock. aggregate turnover in this latter Sir Basil was dealing with the direction is, however, negligible in various

the recent quantity. catastrophic fall in wholesale prices. China New Year

Settlement He admitted that, in the case of passed off satisfactorily amonget certain Commodities, such as wheat, Chineae piece goods, dealers who for sugar and coffee, the price fall was once admit to have experienced

of

10

Calves' Head & Fooì.. 447 aut $1.20 $1.00 $1.00 Matton Chop

#4

Pork Chop

**£*$538ZISOZAKZEZBEEHRBORCSOBECBZ#ROBE58#68

排班

++******BERESEE❀❀❀❀+*+ERSKEL

ន ជ ន ឌ ឌ ឌ ឌ ឌ ៩ ៖ 8 | ន ន ន ន នន្ទ | | | | | | | | និងឥន | ខ | គន់ ឆ ឌឌ 8 |

* ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ 82 88, 1 9 8 9 P⠀ # * E RRM IN PAARAAAR | 888*28*88811

Chicken Capons, Small Capons, Large Duck

Dotes

Poultry.

Eggs, Hen (cooking)..

oach 40

Feb. 6, June, June, 1931. 1918, 1914.

Ctn, Cie. Cle

Ib.

80

#7

28

燒麵

#

28

*

22

22

21

per doz. 35

18

*

25 20

本蟋鹳 Ib.

24

85

.

#

24

oach 40

80

28

P

Ib.

-

Eggs, Han (fresh) .......... #IPME Fowls, Canton

Fowls, Hainan Geção

Pigoons, Canton

Holbow

Turkeys, Cock

Turkeys, Hon

Snipe

Phonsant Qual! Partridges

Fruits.

Dad

RE SUNDA SISSEBRE

*HËHONESATERDECOR

++

each 85

pair 2.50

ench 35

lb.

金山陣

86 36

20

4

"

--

12

ននន៨ ៖ ឌ | | | | | |

Almende

Apples (California) Bananas (bride's)

Carambola

Cocoauts

Lemons, China

Lemons (American)

*#... ##

4 cách 1g

30 10

+ lb. Guht cách 13 8

# lb.

Lichees, Dried

Oranges. (Canton)

Oranges

ཤྩ ⌘ ཋ །ཥྭ ཋ ུ སྒྱུ ཝཿ ཞ ཋ ཋ།

25

25

14

-

15

半排查

1b, 80

20

#

Leg.....

金牌

8€

1

20

Shoulder

#

84

24

A

Saddle

羊鞍肉

36

Pig's. Chitlings

30

P

H

Brains

Per set 9

Foot

20

Fry

16

28

15

中國

Hoad

18

17

Heart

19

each 15

Kidneys

15 · 10

.H

Liver

Ib.

п

48 3G

新會甜橙

To

25

30

"

42

60

Pears (Canton)

N

"

28

1

Peanuts

4:

14

10

12

por set 90

60 - 70

Bach 12

Persimmons, Large A Plantain

*

12

"

15, 12

*

#

8

45

Pumele, Slam)

Fr

邐竊栻 each 15

12

tb.

26

20 20

*

18 26

22

20

H

28

82

Cotton values have moved up- ward since we last reported and were quoted Mid. Am. "Spot" 6.12d. Eg. Sakel. 9.85d. in Liverpool on 9th instant. .

י

THE YO HONG BANK, LTD. due to such special factors as over-profitable trading period.

production or under-consumption, i Now that the New Year Government intervention, etc. He festivities are out of the way felt, however, that the underlying dealers should be giving attention cause of the fall in general prices to their forward requirements, but was that "human beings were not low exchange is entirely respon- elever enough to manage the ma-sible for apparent lack of practical chine. they had created."

Interest. He referred, in particular, to the monetary machine, and remarked that, until the advent of money, a fall in general prices had no mean- Ing. He thought, however, that | there was no good reason why the introduction of money should upset the position, and produce all the many social injustices which price iluctuations entail. In outlining New Year festival and new buzi-Sucking Pigs, to order these various injusticee, he stressed леда consequently in the back-Suet, Boot ... AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY, the fact that instability of prices, ground. According to reports the

Mutton no matter what its cause, was unsettlements, as far as rice goods are desirable and harmful, He said concerned, have been better than that if We had

for many years and most deders control of the machine we have been able to realise handsome have

Every description of Banking and | Exchange business transacted.

TAN ENG HOOL,

THE

INC.

Manager.

Head Office: 65, Broadway, New York.

Capital Surplus Rezerves

>

.U.S.$0,000.000 .U.S.$1,672,454 U..$1,908,209

BRANCHES:-

Antalardan ADIWAP

Gon Chargow

Athani

Beale Deella

Harana Hambars

Naples Piraeu Paris

Mar

Bombay

Harry Interlaken Jarusalem

Tenang

Iremen

Lidu

Thrussala

Buenos Aire

Cairo Calcutte Con

Cǝlanabo

Courtaullaople Copenhaga

Edinburgh

Flors no

Qona

Branches

Londea Leverpack LUOSIDA

Lagano LAK Mal

Monte Carlo

Manila

Muntel

Mor

Hilan

Ieking Palermo Rotterdam Bolna Abou!

Fhanghai Bouthampton Bingsport

41. Stort

T140

Vienna

Trico

Yokohama

Zurich

of American Expresa Company in Principal cttlee of Unit- ed States of America and Canada.

All classes of Commercial Banking Trunsactions undertaken,

Personal

handled.

investment

accounta

The Company offers to intending Travellers the use of its "Travelers Cheques and Letters of Credit and, in addition, the world-wide services of its thoroughly equipped Travel De- partment.

-Affiliated with

THE CHASE NATIONAL BANK Resources ..Over $2,500,000,000

"reasonable

Cotton and Wrollena Nothing of importance to record since the last roport, the market being influenced by the Chinese

created.. the purchasing profits. power of money would al- ways remain stable, and we should

THE BANK OF CANTON, LTD. Established 1912.

Head Office-Hong Kong, Authorized Captial (H.E, Curryney) $21,000 Jun Paid-up Capital

Aloerve Fand

BRANCHES

Capton, Khazghal.

8.868,823 1,000,00

Haskow, Switow. Bangkok, New York and a Premolarg

CORRESPONDENTS

LONDON DANKRIS

The Idoyd's flask Limited

In all principsi rities of the World.

Foral change and synh'ng berlanda

are description acted.'-

Papal Boras fracious drunk at a yearly

rental of From $5 to 1

TOOR POONG SHAN,

Chief Manager, Hong Kong, 14th May, 1980.

THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LTD.

HEAD OFFICE.

IS, Gracechurch Street, Loredan, E...

Authorised Capital

Subscribed Capital Paid-up Capital

..£3,000,000 1,800,000 1,050,000

Reserve Fund and Rest 1,610,508 DANKERS

The Bank of England & Hand Bank, Ltd. ДПАКОПЕЯ:

Bangkok

Calcutta

. Xandy Karsch

Kota Bharu

Batarta

Bombay

Colombe

Koala Kri

Bellat

Kunis Lipis

E. W. DUGGAN,

Manager.

Jallo

Kuala Lumpur

Howrah

W

THE BANK OF CHINA,

行 銀國中

Reorganised October 28, 1928, under

special charter of The National Gov-

INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE,

Interest allowed on Current Ac-erament as an counts and Fixed Deposits according to arrangements.

Every description of Banking and Exchange Business transacted.

Safe Deposit Boxes to let.

A. LECOT,

Manager.

Hong Kong, 1st May, 1929.

THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANE, LIMITED.

Katablished 1880, Capital (fully paid-up) Yen 100,000,000 Eeserve Fund

. Yen 118,500,000 Head Office-YOKOHAMA Branchen and Agencies at: Alexandria

Nagoya Nuwchwang New York Osaka

Batavia Bombay

Buenos Aires

(Temporarily

closed). Calcutta

Canton

Poking Rangoon Rio de Janeiro Balgon Daizon (Dalny). San Francisco

Changchun

Fongtion (Mukden) Beattle

Bambert

Hankow

Bathla

Mass Kar Honolul

Kai Yuan

Karachi

London.

Los Angeles

Lyons

Manila

Nagsaski

Semarang Bhanchal

Thhienbie

Bingopors Boerabaya

Sydney Tentair Tokyo Tainanfa

(Temporarily

closed) - Interest allowed or Current - An cocata.

Deposita received for fixed Parli at rates to De dbtained of applica

Hong Kong. 10th Sep

MURI,

BANK,

Subscribed Capital ....$25,000,000.00 Pald-Up Capital ..$24,710,200.00 Reserve Funde

............$ 3,820,603.82

HEAD OFFICE; SHANGHAL

HONG KONG BRANCH:

4 Queen's Road Central

Owing to our numerous branches in China and large connections in the important commercial centres of the world, we are able to extend to our cllents special facilities for domestic and foreign banking and exchanges.

We also handle the issue of Boads

and ether Public Finds of the Chin- exe Government both at homda wad abroad

SHOU 3. CHEN,

Hong Kong, 8th March, 1980.

Manager.

New York PARRE

Port Louis

(Mauritius)

Rangoos bhanghai Binta Kuantan (Palang) Singapor Madi

Surabaya

HONG ZONG BRAYCH.

EVATY Desa ton of Banking and Exchange busi

Travellers Cheguar Jersed,

Log

Loin

Fat or Lard

H

Sheep's Head & Feet..

Heart

¥

"

Kidneys

Liver

H

1

The new duties on Woollens im- Barbol posed from January 1, have been Bream

Sausager

No.-1-

Fish.

revised on a lower rate for certain Canton Fresh Water F lines and this welcome relief should

facilitate new business in woollens Carg for July/August shipment. Clear-Catfish ances prior to the holidays were Codfish fairly good.

Crabs

Cattle Fish

Dab Dace

NATIONAL REVENUE Dog Fish

Eela, Conger

ESTIMATED DEFICIT OF

£36,000,000.

Chancellor

of

魚魚——魚魚魚

##

Fish A

Fresh Water ..

#

Yellow

*

Frogs

That the

the Garoupa Exchequer will end the present fin-Gudgeon ancial year with a deficit of not Herrings less than £36,000,000 is the conclu-Halibut sion reached in an article in the Labrus November issue of Lloyds Bank Loach Monthly Review, after an examina-Lobsters tion of the returns for the first six Mackerel months of the year.

Monk Fish

"In a recent speech in the City Mallet Mr. Snowden was inclired to scout Cystars. forecasts of a deficit of this magni-Parrot Fish tude as being too. pessimistic. Even Perch so, it is not easy to seo what basis Pike

he has for this view, though the Plaice

business world naturally hopes he Pomfret, White is correct," statga the Review, Pomfret, Black "There is one final fact which the Prawns Government and the country should Bay both bear in mind.” ·

Rock Fish

"Whether or not heavy taxation Roach

is Intrinsically good or a bad | Balmon thing, there comes a point whore Shark

Trastee and Executorships under fresh increases in the rate of taxa Skate

taken.

INTEREST allowed on Current Amousie sh Fixed Deponia at Bates that may be ascertained on application.

F. THOROUGOOD,

Manager.

7, Queen's Road Qantra).

Flong Kong, Loth April, 1906,

THE BANK OF TAIWAN, LTD. (TAIWAN GINKO.)

tion diminish and do not add to the Shrimps total yield. If we have reached | Snapper that point, all discussions as to the Soles merits and demerits of high taxa | Tench tion are, from the point of view of Turboi

balancing the Budget, beside the Turtles. small, fr. water mark. All that remains is to realise that no

can be further addition made to the revenue, and that the

另肚 水

**

BEERZEMES KECSKEEN PELLE NIE DIE DANK CAR FOR **£*#=2¤ŒESEDER2ESHERN 魚 沙鼙魚鈎斑魚白甲花魚魚魚魚類魚戱芒魚和蝦熊公銪

魚魚魚魚脚

HEAD OFFICE:-Taipeh, Formosa only way to balance the Budget is M. COTY'S PAPERS.

Incorporated by. Special Imperial

Charter, 1899,

Central Bank in Formosa.

BRAMONER AND AGENCIES.

Bank-Nota laused Areas amount To. 46,000,000 | JAPAN :-Tokyo, Yokohams, Roba, Chunks.

FULM084 in Lake Lang. ato, Bilbokline, Taiche, Innes, "Tumpul, Town, Talia; Nisa, CHINA-bangal Kankov, Amor, Foochew,

Heaton Ducson,

OFERTES-Hong Kong Alogsport ebay

Bombay, Con Bazarang Dalaya, London New In Dedres.

LONDON BANKELBĖ

The London Cousey Westminster and Farr's Bank. The Back Ospondents in all the principal Commercial Owire ikroughout the world.

I NAGURL

HONG KONG BRANCH:

GRANA, De Vanz Food Conte

Hong Hang, 19th January, 1991,

THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LTD.

Established 1918.

HEAD OFFICE).

10. Des Voeux Road, Central,

HỒNG CUNG

Capital and Surplus. Total Resources

over H$ 8,000,000.00 - over. 1.$10,000,000.00 Every description of Banking and Exchange business transacted.

Current and Fixed Deposit Accounts in local and for- eign currencies opened for clients. **

Bavings Account and Safe Deposit Boxes. Branches and Agencies all over the world.

KAN TONG PO,

to reduce expenditure."

never have to suffer from a general rise or a general fall in prices."

AGREEMENT WITH FRENCH

PRESS FEDERATION.

+

H

མ རྩྭ ན ཆ ཇ བ ➢ - རྞ སྐ སྡེ

25

ང ལ ་ ཅ རྟ ཅ སྦྱོ བྲྀ

Walnute

Grapes

.G U1⁄2 lb.

##7

Vegetables, &c.

Artichokes

Beans, Sprout

Long

Beet Root

Bitter Squash

Brinjals, Green

"

Green

Garlic...th

ARCHBEHKIARTZUEKHEZHSHR KERBA

竹类号西瓜瓜瓜菜菜鲜花花花笋菜干椒椒料泒3 米榮歸菰 邓小菜鳥仔仔瓜好來與榮

生意摄

cach

lb.

כן

8 6.5.

12

** | ***NORDER=220*92********** | ECON* •

28 18 19 19 19 1

** | | |** ¦ ! ! 1****£* * | *

tb.

45

16 24

24 20 18

10

24

24

10

27

13

16

19

20

27

Red Cabbage, Chinese

8.

25

D

(Shanghai)

12

12

30

17

Cane Shoots, bunch ..

20

10

27

23

20

28

16

27

Cenlifower (Large)

(Medium)

*

276 each 18

TE

H

Id

$2

23

16

(Small) ..

榮花

12

6

10

10

Carrots

A

lb.

5

27

8

Celery, Chinese

10

10

24

Chillies, Dried

##

1B

25

re

29

10

8

25

Red

12

18 10

Н

02

##

14

13

GO

25

20

30

Corry Stuff, English.... A Cucumbers.

10

8

8 2

22

18

10

6

39

27

23

Ginger, Young

10

80

15

Old

B

10

N

57

13

Horseradish, Shanghal

35

8

"

44

24

Indian 'Corn

8

45

28

21

Lettuce

1

30

20

8

www.

27

18 2

10

32

2

21

9

23

15

80

9

11

Green

82

20

Shanghai

上海理

49

80

Parsley

88

45

Potato, Sweet

58

14

Украден

日本專仔

#2

10

14

金山藝

20

18

Pamplin

28

10

Radish

50

*80

16

10

Shallots

10

10

"

Spinach

38 · 32

80

Tomatoes

40

28

Taros

28

28

"

27

85

+

28

12

F

N

1:05

Vegetable MarTOW .......... Water Crem Water Lily Book

A settlement of the differences

គ គ ន ន ន ឆ 5 o ឌន 5 ៖៖៖ 5ម × ~ន ៖ ឌ ន ន គ 6 ន គ ន & 5 5 គឺ ៖ ឌ គ ន ៩ ពី ៦ ធ |

Mandarin.

Water Chestnuts

Mushrooms, Frosh Okroes

Oulans, Bombag

邦您

American

Rhubarb (Fresh)

Turnipe, Punti (Long)

紅愛

干意頭

of Faris for the first time on May 2, 1928.

In spite of the opposition wor perhaps because of it--the venture was Immediately success- ful.

M. Coty next issued writa ngainst the printers and Mesars. Hachette for breach of contract and against the federation for malicious inter- ference. The federation, on the

An International Problem. Money was made for man, and not man for money, It was there- fore man's duty to see that he could' control the machine, taking as his between the publisher of the Coty ultimate goal the achievement of group of newspapers (L'Ami du other hand, started proceedings for price stability. He explained, Peuple, Gaulois, and Figaro) and All four cases were heard on Janu- the suppression of the new journal. however, that A stable price level!

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UNCLAIMED TELEGRAMS.

THE EASTERN EXTENSION AUSTRALASIA & CHINA TELEGRAPH CO., LTD.

The following unclaimed tele gram is lying at the E.E. Tole graph Co. Office, Hong Kong:-

Vitulinus, from London.

8. LACK,

Superintendent.

Hong Kong, February 19, 1981.,

THE GREAT NORTHERN TELEGRAPH CO., LTD. OF. DENMARK.

was something far more subtle than the organisation of the remainder ary 21, 1929, and all ended in a stable index number of, say, of the French Press is announced victory for M. Coty, who was of a quarrel awarded damages amounting in all wholesale prices: and that no index This marks the end number so far devised was quite which has lasted for nearly three to £15,200. satisfactory--which explains why years.

The case against the federation In March, 1928, M. Coty tried to was carried to the Pazia Court of "We have been content for so long

The following unclaimed tale to leave price levels to vary at publish a new journal; L'Ami 'du Appeal in April last year, and the grams are lying at the office of their own sweet will, and put all our Peuple, at a price of 106, instead of award was upheld, with a further the Great Northern Telegraph energy Into keeping the value of the usual 25c., agreed upon by mem- £1,600 damages for M. Coty. He Company (Limited) of our money stable in terms of goldbers of the Federation of French was ordered, however, to pay £2,400 mark:-- and of other currencies based on the Newspapers.

to the federation on the ground Security, from Shanghai. gold standard,"

At the last moment Messrs that his campaign against it ́ had' Nakata, from Shibuya." The problem was not a national, Hachette, the principal, wholesale been inspired by commercial futer- but a world problem, and, unless; distributors in the country, refused est.rather than political principle, we were empent: to sacrifice to take up their contract to handle

It was then that the negotiations stability of exchange to stability of the newspapers as long as the out of Court, now successfully con- Internal prices, the problem: could federation withheld -its approval, eluded, ware begun. By the terms not be solved without the hearty cós walle, the printers refused to fulfil of the agreement M. Coty's pubilca operation of central banks. What their contract for the same reason. tion are to be admitted to the was wanted. was both stabilty of} M. Coty replied that he would kiosks and agencies at their pre prices and of exchange, and very sell his newspaper at any price that | sent prices and their present or¦ Bruce and His Worship good...... reasons would, have to be sulted him. He found another. | ganisation - is to be maintained. Mayor Malkin. About 2,000 tons forthcoming before we decided to printer, and, šince, the kiosks were Any future.disputes are to be subs of steel were used-In the frame of depart from the gold standard, and closed to him,, organised a corps of milted to arbitration. Both sides the building, which has a height of tove "reintroduce, exchange, in-newsvendors of his own. L'Ami have agreed to abstain from com- 296 feet and contains 19 offen

du Peuple appeared on the street | ment on the final settlementy

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F. V. JENSEN,

Superintendenti Hong Kong, February 4, 1881.

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