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
唱
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.
山
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
群
30
"
42
60
Pears (Canton)
N
"
28
1
Peanuts
花
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.
+
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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
袋
"
Green
Garlic...th
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生意摄
cach
lb.
כן
8 6.5.
12
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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) ..
輝
榮花
12
6
10
10
Carrots
A
lb.
5
27
8
Celery, Chinese
榮
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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