THORNYCROFT
JO I THORNTdmor & Co., Limited,
SHIPBULLONES AND EXGISERS,
LONDON, SOUTHAMPTON AND Basingstoke.
Shanghai Office: 65, Szechnen Road.
MARINE MOTORS AND MOTOR BOATS. MOTOR LIGHTING AND PUMPING SETS.. SHALLOW DRAFT, STEAMERS. THORNYCROFT OIL FUEL SYSTEM.
Commercial, High-speed and Pleasure Craft.
THORNYCROFT WATER-TUBE
BOILERS
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Our Mator Engineer and our Nars! Architect, both Thornycroft experts, now resident in Shanghai, will give attention to all inquiries.
Early deliveries can be made of 15-bhp, 30-bhp, shhhp, and 70-b.hp. Kerosene Marine Engines.
CLOSET
R. R. BOXBURGH
Manager for China.
ATORY,
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SHIPBUILDERS, SHIP REPAIBERS. BOILER MAKERS. FORGE MASTERS. OXY-ACETYLENE & ELECTRIC WELDERS. MECHANICAL &
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OF HONGKONG, LIMITED,
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DRY DOCK Length 787 Fect.
THE HONGKONG
A LETY CONSCAPITAL
Length on Blocks 750 Feet!
Depth on Centre of
Bill (H.W.O.S.T.) 84 ft. 6 ina. THREE SLIPWAYS Capable of - Handling Ships Up ** to 3:080 - Tons. Displacements Electric Crane at Sea Wall, Capable of? * Lifting 100, Tone at 70 Feet Radius.
"BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE.
AGENTE
HONGKONG, CHINA, & JAPAN.
PRESS, FRIDAY, JANUARY 16mm. 1920,
NOTICES TO CONSIGNEES
NOMUR" TO CONSIGNETS.
[UCEAN STEAM SHIP COMPANY, LTD.
INDO CHINA
STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY. LIMITED.
M BIOHENS PROPOSALS
***In the House of Commons recently the Chancellor of the Exchequer oppteed lovy on capita) na being against the in USA AND terests of the nation, as an unfair alloCHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAVIGATION
COMPANY, LAD tion of burdens, and an encouragement
of individual extravagance and a detenONSIGNEES per Company's Steamer rent to saving.
In the article below Mr. W. L Hichens, one of the great captains of British in dustry, announces his conversion to the idea, and declares that in the national emergency the
*BELLEROPHON are hereby nodied that the Cargo will be discharged into Holt's Whart Kowloon, where it will lie at Consignes's risk. The Cargo will be ready for delivery from
to pay and shoutalist bna the capacity Godown on and after Jan. 15th.
be asked to do so
Optional cargo will be landed, unless notion Mir, lichens, who is chairman of Cam-fan been given prior to steamer's arrival. mell, Laird & Col, the great firm of ship- builders, steel manufacturers, etc. ad- vocates
A capital levysav
A permanent excess profits duty. The appointment of a Royal Commis
taxation.
All broken, chafod, and damaged goods are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined on any Tuesdays and Fridays. between the hours of 10.45 am, and Noon within the free storage periód.:
No claim will be admitted after the Goods Infs" "the" steamer's Godown and "*11
MOJI & KOBE. MANILA KOBE
1
GAILING3 SUBJECT TO ALTERATION
18th Jan, Noon,
HAIPHONG và EOFOW
SHANGHAI STRAITS SANDAKAN
CALOU
JALOUTTA'MINE
IHANGHAI
"FOOKSANG * Fri
YUENZANG. ulliri,
16th Jan, 3 p.m. * KWAISANG * - Sat, 17th Jan, 5 pa LORNANGTM San 18th Jaz, 8 8.13.
KWONGSANG" Thurs., 22nd Jan, D'lighti *NAMSANG" Fri, 93rd Jan, 3 pra "HINSANG".
14th Jan Noon
This Line affords regatar sailings to Calcutta. Pacing and Singapore, returning from Calenta staamora proceed via Stratta and Hongkong to Japan, coussionally calling at Shanghai. All steamers have excellent passenger accommodation, are-
fitted with Electria Light and Fas and carry a fully-qualified
Burgeon LINE:-9aillaga approximstoly "overy Ave days between Canina and Shanghal, sometime calling at Swatc. Through tickets can ba potained and through Bills of Ending" are "lunod so all Northern and Yangiene Porta via Shanghai,
sion to inquire into the incidence of have remaining undelivered after Jan MANILA ONLINE:—A woskły service in maintained with Mantis by vasmin with, good""
He explains his financial programme 21 in the following statement to the Daily News:
will be subject to rent.
All Claims against the Steamer must be intssented to the undersigned on or before
Feb. 4th, or they will not be recognised.
No Fire Insurance will be effected.
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE,
**Agenta, Hongkong, January’18th, 1920, [249
My reason for favouring a general lavy on capital is that the financial posse tion of the country, as now revealed, is so grave na to make it absolutely essential that the basis of taxation should be! broadened in every posible WAY From the Chancellor of the Exchequer a Budget statement I gathered that we should et through on the present Income-tax plus the proceeds of the Victory Loan Victory Loan, however, proved hopeless- ly inadequate and it is now extremely doubtful if the surplus requirements in excess of revenue can be met by any new loan unless it is a forced loan. The only ways of empe that I can see are lovy on capital or Arther inflation of the currency by noto sues, and the latter method would, I am sure, be a serious, blander
THE PRESSING. NEED.
› ELE ECOMMANDANT. MAGES," COMPAGNIE DES MESSAGERIES MARITIMES,
NOTICE.
CONSIGNEES of Cargo from ANVERS Jin connection - with ́ above Steamer Fare beraby informed that their goods with the exception of Opium, Trossure and "It is quite true that many cases of Valuable, are being landed and stored at their injustice will probably arise if a levy risk into the hazardous and or ertes made on capital, yet it think this objeRowIowa Wharf and Godown Co., Ltd., it hazardous Godowns of the Hoogkong tion must be overridden in view of the Kowloon, whince delivery may be obtained dational emergency. The money required must be raised on the basis of capacity to immediately after landing, pay, and there is no doubt in my mind. that the capitalist has & capacity which mast be enlisted.
One of the most pressing needs of the moment is the deflation of the currency. and can go no more effective way of bringing this about than by a capital levy, provided that the proceeds are enr marked for the reduction of debt
"Buch a polieg would also have the advantage of making Labour feel that a honest attempt was being made to that those who
their proper the money contribute
the war.
towards the cost of
As for the difficulty of
copi-
Lesessing tal wealth. I think, it can beat : be met
penalty
ring & return from every citizen.
by
of a besvy fine, lor-mis statement You have got first of all, in: a matter like this, to appeal to tim publis spirit of the people, ander belies that it that is done the vast majority will ach honestly towards the community.
WAR FORTUNES.
****On the other hand, a capital levy on war profits alone, or especially, strikes me as unjust and impracticable. Parlia ment decided at the beginning of the war against the confiscation of the whole of the profits das to the war, on the ground that the incentive of
profit however
increased & necessary factor in largely |
Optional Cargo will be forwarded on walem atimation is received from the Consignees before Noor To-Day requesting it to be landed here
Bill of Lading will be countersigned by the Undersigned Goods remaining unclaimed after the 19th fast, at Noor, will be subject to rent and landing chargos."
All claims must be sent in to me on ar before the sith last, or they will not be recognized, g
All damaged packages will be examined on MONDAY, the 19th inst, at 10 M
No Fire Insurance has been effected.
B. RODENTUSER, A "Acting Agant, Hongkong, January 15th, 1920
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
THE F.&O.S. N. Co.'s Steamer
"UMTA"
pasman ger accommodation, sailings from both porte story Fridayu AIFEONG LINE: dallings approximately weakly for passagers and cargo, ORNEO
calling at Haihow when Indussment odors..
LINE:-030 alling par month between Hongkong and Bindakan by
besmer having up-to-damn sccommodablog for passengern,
Cargo taken on through Billa of Lading for Kasdan, Jesselton, Labaan, Tawao and Lahad Datą.
TIESTEIN LINË-A galar Hrios is ran from Marsh to November. baawaom
dɔagcing and Tientala, walilag na Wadilwal and Unefoo.
CALCUTTA
S.S. “NAMSANG
LINE.
will be despatched on or about
January 23rd, for SINGAPORE, PENANG & CALCUTTA.
Through Bills of Lading issued to RANGOON." PORT
SWETTENHAM and MADRAS.
For Freight or Passage apply
TELEPROSE No. 215
(250
Arrived Hongkong, 14th January, 1990.
FROM BOMBAT, COLOMBO
& STRAITE.
Comigne of Cargo by the above production. I would be un-named venel are hereby informed that just to go back on what has been done their goods are being landed and placed and, moreover, from the point of view of
afy their: risk in the Hongkong", and capacity to pay there is no strong reason
for supposing that, the pre-war capitalist Kowloon Whart and Godown Company's is less able to pay than the war profiteer, Godowns a Kowloon, where each consign. *Instead of a special war profita levyment will be sorted out Mark by Mark I would propose a permanent excess pro-and delivery can be obtained as the goods fite duty. The old duty was obviously see landed velvet
i caly a temporary measure, bus the experi- Optional goods will be landed bere un- ence gained makes it easy to see how a ens instructions have been given to the Permanent measure could be worked 28 contrary 6 hours before arrival of the
basis of pertament erness pro- | Steamer,
fits duty abould be, I, think, a standard Goods not cleared within eight days, in rate of interest for each trade varying | Anding date of arrival will be subject to in accordance with the speculative na pank
ture of the trade and; other considerad No Fire Insurance will be efacted by tions. Any profits beyond this standard, pa in any case whatever. should be taxed on & aliding scale attor the manner of the
Damaged packages must be left in the suportar position of the Godowns for examination by the Con- CAD Dow, and the Company's surveyors, Following on these two mesures, if Yes Goddard & Douglas, at 10 am, seems to me that the relation of dirt on Mondays and Thursdaya to indirect taxation, calls for careful to consideration. Direct taxation basin- creased by leaps and bounds since the ber ginning of the war, and is now out of
propertion to indirect taxation.
THE NEED OF INQUIRY
I feel strongly that the Government should have appointed before the last Budget was introduced, a strong Royal Commission to inquire into the whole in cidence of existing taration and the ques tion of what new taxes could be ingopendu It is true that & Commission on income Tax is now sitting, but that deals with valy one aspect of the subject hat been usual in the past for the Chancellor of the Exchequer to produce certain en Bad-dried
dried proposals in regard to taration
to which, spao facto, he commits the Gơy- ernment, but which have never been fully and publicly discussed. How much better
ths the various alternativès should have so that hey could be
been thrashed dut
disty 50.
in the Chancellor's mind when he made bis Budget, and provide the for
data
criticism in the House of Commons,
All claims must be presented within the days of the Steamer's arrival bare "atter which date they cannot be recognised.
No claims will be admitted after the goods have left the Godge.
MACKINNON MACKENZIE & CO,
Hongkong, January 15th, 1920
151
OTICE TO CONSIGNEES, THE EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN SS. COMPANY'B
ST. ALBANS
Arrived Hongkong on Jan. 14th, 1980,
FROM AUSTRALIA, SANDAKAN, & MANILA
Consignees of Cargo by the above-named,
Finally, of course, the essential thing yel are hereby informed that their goods are
is that the Government should make up bring landed and placed as ruik king in the ite mind to live in futurs within its In-Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godows come. First discover the maximum in come that can be raised and, then stead fastly adhere to this basis of expendi, bare.
phalon PRODUCT OF STATE COLLIERIES
Company's Godowe w Kowloon where each Consigamond will be sorted out Mark by Mark sad delivery can be obtained as the Gooda
Optical Goods will be landed, here unlaw adenosinu: hays been given to tãs comicsay biz hotes before arrival of the Steamer
Goods not clawred within 8 days, includ
An instrucive comparison between date of arrival will be ambjent to rent, cont output of the German State minée. No Fire Insurance will be offooted by and that of private German mines, bella say WERBSTER given in the current issue of Glackddy, Damaged packages must be left in the According to this journal the State mines, downd for examination by the Consignees, furnished 17.62 per cent of the total cat the Company's Burveyors, Mesa, GODDAZ put of coal in the period 1881-1885. This and DOUGLAS, at 10 A on Mondays and proportion declines to 18.71 in 1008-1010, THEEDATE.All Claims, mert be presented and further to 18.55 per cent in the last within ben days of the steamer's szrival hoes,
pre-war year In point of
output from the Blate collieries from 8.5 million tonn an 1881, lion tons in 1913 In the same FoutputFrom the privately
rose from: 40.
the other which date they cannot he moogude
will be adriftted: sitas, the Goods
MACKINNON HAGKTNKa
Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd.,.
GLEN
GENERAL MANAGERS.
AND
SHIRE
Joint Service of Steamers
U.K.-STRAITS, CHINA & JAPAN SERVICE.
Yerel
"GLENARIFFE”
GLENSPRY -GLRNAMOY
** GLENAVY" -"GLENSTRAE"
“GLENARIFFE"
OUTWARDS.
HOMEWARDS.
Leaves Hongkong 28th January› 88th Janu wy Middle of Febrancy...:
Middie of Fabeasty -- Eal of February ...
LUNDON
Dae Hong
28th
Discharges
GENOA & ANTWERP GENDA E LONDON
GENOA & ANTWERP
Movementa are subject to change without notion.
For freight or further particulars plesso apply to:--
Tel No. 315
Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd.
The Glen Line, Ltd. AGENTS: The Royal Hall Steam Packet Co:.
Owners of "Shire" Line:
Cible Address
Kawakim, Kobe Bentley's, A.B.C. 5th Ed.
and Boots Codes
KAWASAKI
KISEN KAISHA
(KAWASAKI STEAMSHIP CO)
CAPITAL PAID-UP
President: Mr. T.
Vice President - Mr. Ha MATKUKATA. Managing Director 17 Mr. His
120,000,000
The Company has on hand a Large Number of
NEW CARGO STEAMERS
ALWAYS READY FOR
CHARTERS of all descriptions. following are comprised in the Company's Fleet Eleven steamers of 9.1oo tons each deadweight.
And, under the Cómpany's management
Twenty steamers of about 9,100 tons deadw
Two steamers of about 6,200 tons deadwel (Belonging to the Eswanki Bockyard CoLtd
Charior: Balse, avi au otki
SENZELBEE.