TO LET
TO LET.
OUR and' FIVE ROOMED HOUSES
at Kowloon.
NEW and
COMMODIOUS SHOPS. Nathan Road, Kowloon. Immediate Possession. Cheap Rentals
OFFICES on the 1st Floor Hotel Mansions lately occupied by the Hongkong, Canton and Macao Steamboat Co., Ltd.
Apply to-
HUMPHREYS ESTATE & FINANCE COMPANY, LIMITED.
Hongkong, 24th March, 1909,
TO LET-FURNISHED.
INTIMATIONS
THEATRE
CITY HALL.
BOYAL
LAST CHANCE
TO-NIGHT.
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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31ST, 1909.
ASSOCIATION OF CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE.
SPEECH BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRADE.
At the manual dinner of the Association of Chambers of Commerce held on the 3rd inst at the Hotel Metropole, London.
Mr. Churchill, M.P., responding to the toast of "His Majesty's Ministers," proposed by Sir William Holland, said he thought the Board of Trade might claim very good and friendly relations with the chambers of commerce of the country. It was the desire of the Board of Trade to cultivate such relations. They were anxious to cultivate in every way a close con nexion between the olmmbain of conamereo of the great cities of the country and the commercial and trade organizations connected with the Government of the country. That
2850cia- tion could not be too intimate; Dadin
PRIZE FIGHT.very way in their power they would endeavour
(125
UNG-SHUI," THE PEAK. To be Let
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V.
Furnished for 8 months ar longer, JOHNSON, STOKES & MASTER,
Solicitors,
8, Des Voeux Road Contral. Hongkong, 2nd March, 1909.
TO LET.
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Ning the Parade Ground.
TOS. 2 & 3, BEACONSFIELD ARCADE,
No. 4, MOUNTAIN VIEW (PEAK), Furnished from 1st June to 30th September, 1909;
""HAZELDINE" Robinson Road, Garden and Tennis Court.
FERNBIDE No. 71, PEAK Unfurnished from 1st May, 1909.
A 6-ROOMED HOUSE Furnished or Unfurnished at the Foak.
GLENSHIEL next to Plantation Road, Tram Station. Furnished 5 Rooms, for 6 Months or longer from 5th May, 1909.
C.M.9. PEAK BUNGALOW. furnished Mount Kellett, from 1st April to end of June, 1909.
DEACONSFIELD ARCADE, Fine Shope, Offices and Dwelling Rooms,
DWELLING BOOMS and OFFICES in
Queen's Road Central.
GODOWNS in Duddell Street. BELILIOS TERRACE
ROBINSON ROAD,
HOUSES,
FOR SALE-TOR CREST, at Peak, com mauding a Magnificent View of the Harbour
...and Adjacent Islands.
Apply to
LINSTEAD & DAVIS, 3rd Floor, Alexandra Buildings, Hongkong, 31st March, 1909.
TO. 6.
TO LET.
OBSERVATORY
[100
VILLAS,
Kowloon Five-Roomed House; Electric Lights and Tennis Court,
ERANEL BUNGALOW," Kowloon. A Small Garden attached. Moderata Rental.
Apply to-ARRATOON V. APCAR & Co.,
45; Wyndham Street. Hongkong, 3rd March, 1909.
[399
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FFICES and ROOMS on the lat and 2nd Floors of No. 14, Des Voix Rond Central (formerly occupied by Mussure.
SHEWAN, TONES & Co., Rents Low. Apply to THE COMPRADORE DEPARTMENT,
E. D. SASSOON & CO., Queen's Road Central,
Hoogkong, 25th February, 1909.
TO LET.
[105
HOUSE in MOUNTAIN VIEW for one
of two yeura
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DENNYS & BOWLEY.
Hongkong, 28th January, 1909.
TO LET.
WITH IMMEDIATE POSSESSION.
[219
OWLOON MARINE LOT 48,Yumati,
KOWLOON MARINE Fest and with 255-
feet Sea Frontage, Especially suited for Storage of Coal, Timber, &c.
Apply to-
HUMPHREYS ESTATE AND
FINANCE CO., LTD.
[103 Hongkong, 18th January, 1908.
TO LET.
AT the PEAR, HOUSE STEWART
TERRACE, Furnished or Unfurnished, Apply -
H. E. POLLOCK,"
18 Bank Building.
[494-
Hongkong, 20th March, 1969,
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A HOUSE in Wong Nei Chong Road,
A HOUSE in RIPON TERRACE. No. 3, CLIFTON GARDENS, Conduit No. 10, DES VEUX ROAD CENTRAL,
Road
1st floor.
OFFICES in YORK BUILDING. GODOWNS in PRATA EAST,
BLUE
BUILDINGS and No. 16B, Des Voeur Road
next to the HONGKONG, HOTEL.
FLATS in MOBETON TERRACE.
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THE
HONGKONG LAND INVEST- MENT & AGENCY CO., LD. Hongkong, 19th March, 1909, [97
TO LET FURNISHED..
ro. 6, MACDONNELL ROAD, from
No
May 22nd, for six months.
FRED, J..HALTON,
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Hongkong, 19th March, 1909.
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NFURNISHED Nos. 8 and
196
10.
UWYNDHAM STREET, containing
6 Large Rooms each. Can be let together or separately.
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Mosers. PERCY SMITH & SETH, No. 5, Queen's Road Central. Hongkong, 23rd February, 1909.
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JACK JOHNSON.
TO-NIGHT (WEDNESDAY),
MARCH 31ST.
A SPECIALLY AUGMENTED
^_FROGRAMME
will be shown in conjunction with the sbore.
BOOKING AT
S. MOUTRIE & Co., LTD. Hongkong, 25th March, 1909. [519
COLD STORAGE.
KEATING'S POWDER
to associate the chambers of commerce with decisions upon commercial questions and to get in touch with practical and business mon from day to day and from month, to inanth, irrespective of party and irrupeotire of interest, in order that the trading affairs of the country might be truly regulated upon a broad and national basis,
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THE DEPRESSION IN TRADE,
THE MUCH-TALKED-ABOUT
66
VIRGINIA CIGARETTE.
GARRICK."
THE STANDARD QUALITY OF ALL HIGH-CLASS VIRGINIA CIGARETTES WAS RAISED
WHEN THE BRAND "GARRICK WAS PLACED AT THE DISPOSAL OF CIGARETTE
CONNOISSEURS BY MESSUS. LAMBERT & BUTLER.
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He was sorry that they had not had is better Fear of traile. When he was there the last time he was able to congratulate them upon an axcellent year of trade. On this occasion, how- aver, he had a leas happy song to sing. They could not clows their eyes to the fact that there had been a shrinkage in value and in volume- much greater in vaine than in volume-npon the external trade of the whole of Great Britain.. They could not close their eyes to the fact that that shrinkage had been accompanied by gave': industrial distress, and that unemployment had reached figures which excited the con cern of every serious thinker upon political questions. At the same time they mast not take too gloomy a view. The spirit THE HONGKONG ICE COMPANY, LTD., of successful commerce was confidences and have no 40,000 Cubic Fest of Cad hope, and he did not think that British com- Storage available at EAST POINT Stores will be unduly downoast. Just as great an error mercial men were going to allow themselves to be Open at 10 AM. and 4 P.. daily, Sunday might be committeil by taking an excessively pes Parliament more than they would with a Govern- excopted, to receive and deliver perishable goods.simistic view as hy belonging to what were called ment of a great country which took into con
6. E. HAXTON, Manager.
in America - Smile Clubs" and taking a rosy sideration mot merely this or that local interest, Hongkong 1st April, 1908,
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view of circumstanoss which found no actual bat the state of affairs prevailing over the whole foundation in fact. Although they had had a work. It must not be taken that the proposals bad your of trade, it was nevertheless the best with which they were confronted represented the your of trade ever known before the present settled view of the French people. The Bourd Government came into power, Laughter.) He of Trade wore prepared to take any steps which would not himself be inclined to associate the might be advisable to safeguard the interests of fortunes of the trade of the country with Buy the country. He would not tread on
any one's partionlar set of administrators. (Hoar, Jinar]), toos. but there was no reason to be downhearted It was a very good thing for this country that about their position in the world of commercial its great commercial development proceeded diplomacy. Quite true, they had not for many úpoù a far widez hass than was represented by years onbarked upon any of thous adroit devices any particular turn at a general election. But of negotiation and retaliation-he might allow if that basis were selected they would, at any the word to pass from his lips--which they saw rate, be able to make their case good on that employed all round them but let it not be (Laughter and cheers.). As to the future, if supposed that they had fared any worse that they
looked back over the course of British countries which had adopted such devices. He trude they wonlil seo that the recovery from had alware thought that we should be very depression was usually rapid. Wares advanced foolish if we were to say that under no circumst and receded, but there was a stoady upward ances whatever, however extraordinary, would tide of national and international progress, we adopt any measures, however legitimate, And as far as he was able to judge, looking however offensive, however advisable they back over the past years, there had always been might be. He would never say that we would a comparatirely swift rally in this country from not in any circumstances do anything no matter the effects of trade depression, except when very what was dous to us. (Cheers.) While he was var er einumstances could be of his hand tie the hands of this country in adverse influences had subsequently intervened responsible for the Board of Trale no utterance discerned at the prosent moment upon the com- taking any stop which at any moment it mercial and political horizon. All the great might be demonstrably clear would be to commercial cities of the world got their orises the general and permanent advantage of the over together at the end of 1907 or the begin- trade of this country. Perhaps he had better ning of 1908. They all touched bottom at not go any further. (Laughter and cheers.) once, and they might hape that they would all He thought they would all agree that at together rise without any adverse tendency. The the present moment we suffered no greater dis- harvests were not unsatisfactory and the general advantage than W.19 waffered by other movement of gold prices, takon in its general tea countries in the great protected marketi of the dency, could not be said to be exercising world. But they would be unwise to cut them a depressing induonos apen commercial opera-selves off from taking any stop which, when the tions. There was no reason whatever why circumstaness arose, 'might prove to be of British traders should not approach the future defuite advantage to the State. International in a spirit of confidence and determination.
commeres was a great guarantee for the pesce (Chears).
of the world, towards which the King had so powerfully contributed. Leerz};
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BAILWAY COMPETITION. Alluding to railway questions, he said that during the past 12 months eight great railwayThe Houses of Parliament. amalgamations had been put forward in some form or other. No one ought in principle to oppose railway amalgamation. All history of British railways was amalgamation, and the highest economies of railways in this country would never be achieved except by the gradual but increasing development of railway umal
Sir F. Forres Adam proposed the toast of
Mr. Bonar Law, M.P., replying for the House of Commons, said that Mr. Winston Churchill, with that skill with which they all credited him, did not tread, as he thought, on any ous's toes. He had often noticed that, if a member of the House of Commons had
SCOTCH WHISKY. gamation. What they had to do was not, to anything, he wished to say, which was out of
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[522 Hongkong, 15th March, 1909.
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view with a prejudiced eye those amalgamations that were proposed. If they did they would not stop, them.
They would only drive them underground, and promote all sorts of sub terranean pooling arrangements between the great companies concerned. They had not to oppose the principle of amalgamation, but they had to make sure that when those amalgama tions took place the interest of the general paldic was properly safeguarded. (Choors.)
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order, he could say it by prefacing it with the observation that he was not going to speak of anything which was out of order. Mr. Churchill hat used that device to some extent that evening, but he (Mr. Boner Law) would not imitate him Whatever they might think of the views he expressed, they had only one opinion on the way in which he had expressed them and the interest they had excited. He would like to join with Ir. Churchill in saying. THE TRENCH AND AMERICAN TARIËFS, that there was nothing more absurd than in Alluding to the revision of the French tariff, supposing that there was was anything which he said it was a matter which was grostly the French Government had done or would exercising
their minds at the present time. It do in connexion with the tariff which should was not the only tariff revision which was going excite any feeling of hostility on the part of on at the present time, nor the only tariff any one there. He remembered speeches not revision which would go on if his hon. friend so long ago in which it was said that (Mr. Bouar Law) had his way (laughter); but, might ereet tariff against us, but if they after all, his hon. friend had a few fences to jump so they injured themselves and that we were before his turn would come. There was a tariff able to jump over any tariffs they could revision in progress in the United States of erect, and that the way to fight tariffa was Americs, but they did not want to appear to by free imports. He was glad to think that ODOWNS, Mos. 95, 96 and 97, PRATA of person in every country who was prone to their late in the future, the position in which the interfors too closely in it, for there was a class the subject was engaging the attention. to of the Government; and, whatever might be measure the advantage to his own country whole question stood was entirely different from the disadvantage inflicted upon every other country. But the revision in the United States, 30 far as they were able to judge of it, appeared to partake of a reduction of duties The tariff revision which was exciting their inforest was that of their neighbour and friend, the French Republic. He agreed with what Sir William Holland had said that it was a Possessions" being proposed by the Chairman, matter of the gravest concern to the trading responded to by Lord Northcote, who said that classes of this country, and it had occupied the while he would not like to see the Government closest attention of the Board of Trade ever rubmitting purely domestic matter such as since any such movement had been apparent. education and licensing Bills to the Colonies, They had taken all necessary steps in their he believed that immense advantage world THERAPION NO.1 All of which are at present occupied by power to become possessed of the opinion of the acarus from the consulting the Colonies on many Weinmann Ltd. For Farticulars, oto commercial classes of this country. He desired of the broader questions of Imperial importance. Apply to YEE SANG FAT & Co to express his earnest thanks to the Chambers of With regard to Indian affairs he did not regard 34, Queen's Road Central. Commares for the excellent information which te present situation in Indis as by any means
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No. 2, D'AQUILAR STREET (uitable for Office and Godown)
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8. J. DAVID. & Co.,
Prince's Buildings. Hongkong, 25th March, 1909.
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Other toasts followed, that of "Our Colonial
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