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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, APRIL 25D, 1921.
DODWELL & COMPANY,LD.
STEAMSHIP SERVICES.
Regular Sallings 1 -
NEW YORK &/OR BOSTON
vis Stes or Panama Canale at Owners' Option.
8.5. "EGREMONT CASTLE"
LLOYD
sailing on or about 8th Apri
TRIESTINO
For. BRINDISL VENICE & TRIESTE. Taking Cargo on through Bills of Lading for LEVANT, BLACK SEA & DANUBE
PORTS.
FIUME having been re-opened for trio, cargo is also accepted for this port on through B/Lading
sailing on or about April 19th, 8.5. TRIESTE "
"salling on or about. May 19th. S.B.
"PERSIA"..
*
POR SHANGHAI & JAPAN.
sailing on or about 15th April, 5.8. "PERSIA" Passengers' Luggage" can be insured at the Office of the Agents,
PORTUGAL
THE NEED FOR FINANCIAL ORGANIZATION.
[BY TARTINES'.
CORRESPONDENT];
CHURCH SERVICES.
Jons' CATHEDRAL, Hongkong,
1st Sunday after Easter, April 186 1941. Children's Holy Communion (7.50 am) Service (10 m.) Matina (11 am. Cathedral Choir). Responses, Feriel Vita Barrowes 3(Hopkins) (12th); Paalma,
37 (Macfarren): fallis (2nd day); Benedictus, Garrett;
Te Deum, Oakeley, Turle "O and at hearkened, Sullivan: Byma,thou N... Psalm 3 verses, 3, 4, 7, 8, in unison: Psalm 57, versed 1, 6, 8, 12, in unison'; Hymn 409, verses 1, 6, 8, in unison,
Holy Communion (13 Noon.) Evensong Choir Responses, Ferial: Paalaus, 103 (Oskeley); Magnificat, Smart: Nune Dimittis Barnby: Hymns, 17, 812 138. N.R.-Falm 103, verses 1, 2, 8, 11, 17, 19, 2, in unison; Hymn, 197 verses 3 in unison; Hymn, 812, verses 1, unison; Hyma 136, verses 1, 3, 6. in unison.
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The year 1920 has proved financially a disastrous year for Portugal. This has primarily been due to milure to introduce order into the State finances. The year 1919 closed with two budgets still un- voted. This year adds another to the list. Successive protracted ministerial crises in January, March, June, and(6 pm)-(Auxiliary November have prevented the regular functioning of Parliament and frustrated the plans drafted by successive Finance Ministers for meeting the existing deficit and providing for revenue. Executive has thus been reduced to living apan expedients, the voting of "duo" decimas and special powers wrung from the Chambare by stress of, threatened farne. The estimated budget deficit is placed at 300,000 contos (sume £66,666,668 at par, or at the present rate of exchange some ten millions), No Government has had either the power or the time to deat Hence the present serious financial posi tion.
The
UNION CHURCH (Kennedy Road).
in
Sunday Services, April 3rd. Morning Service at 11 am, Hymns, 308, 640, 205, 230: Anthem, "What are These? Stainer; Subject of Sermon, "The Com. memoration of Love." Communion at Noon. 19, 409 Subject of Bermon, "The Prayer for Bread," Fifth of Series on the Lord's Prayer. Preacher, Rev. J. Kirk Maronachie.
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NANYO YUSEN KAISHA, Ltd. with the imperative question of taxation. Evening Service at 6 p.m. Hymns, 299, 17,
(SOUTH SEA MAIL: 88. 00.)
&
JAVA.
Regalar Services between
JAPAN, HONGKONG.
sailing or or about' 9th April.
Fox JAVA,
8.8.
CHERIBON MARU **
FOR JAFAN
BB "MACASSAR MARU”
salling on or about 6th April
OCEAN TRANSPORT - Co., Ltd.
NATAL
(TAIYO KAIUN “KAISHA) · Steamship Bervice Trans-Paciło. Also to Aurizalls, Exrope, etc.
LINE
OF
STEAMERS.
TAKING Cargo or through Bill of Lading for SOUTH AFRICAH PORTS with transhipmen; al CALCUTTA,
in conjunction with the
INDO CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION 00, LTD.
AND APCAR LINES,
For Freight of Fassage on any of the above Lines apply to:--
DODWELL & 00,
Agents
N.
Y.
K.
NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA
„HÅLLIKEN FROM NORGKONG' KUBIEDS TO ALTERATION.
LTD.
Side by side with failure during and since the war to enlarge the basis of revenue has gone the steady increase of the public debt. From 18,000 conta in 1914 it has risen to over 1,320,000 contos the foreign debt representing 58,000 con- tos. The Government's indebtedness, to the Bank of Portugal, which in July, 1914, had been 47,425 contos, had swollen by the end of 1819 to 318,648 contos, and by last September to more than 420,000 contos. The internal floating debt, which had been of 88,000" centos in July, 1914, had risen by January 1st, 1920, to 538,000 contos. Meantime the fiduciary circulation, which in July, 1914. had stood at 83,218 contes, was on December 31st last 370,637 contos, and on Septem. ber 29th no less than 532,025 contos. To-day the necessities, of the Treasury have led Parliament to vote the autho rization for the emission of another 200,000 contos.
Financial confusion has been aggravat ed by the consequences of a succession of protracted strikes. These have involved many of the most important public ser vices. They have included repeated rail- way strikes, building, strikes, strikes of the Lisbon and the Oporto tramway ser vives, strikes of the postal and tele graphic service, of the telephones, and of the united civil servants, as well as of the Lisbon municipal employés.
DEMORALIZED EXCHANGE.
CHURCH OF ENGLAND MILITARY SERVICES.
Sunday, April 3rd, 1991.
2 L. Holy Communion, Hospital, Bowen Road.
9 am, Parade Service and Holy Com munion, Cathedral:
11 an Parade Service and Holy Com munion, Lyeman Barracks.
6.46 pm, vening Service, Hospital, Eowen Bead.
11
445 pm, Evening Service, Chaplain't Room.
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SCIENTIFI FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST
Wed. 1183 MacDonnel Road. Sunday, 11.15 am esday, 5.45 p.m
HONGKONG METEOROLOGICAL
REGISTER
Hongkong Observatory, April lit
jat 9 p.m. 6 s.31),
Previous On Date On Date
Day! Ab
at 2 pu
Baiometer Temperature Hamidity
29.97
30.00 29.81
€9
64
70
A3
85
East
77 East
Force
0
A most serious result of the expanding importation of cereals, coal, and otherWind Direction Weat articles of prime necessity, together with the failure to regularize the national Weather.
Rain finance; bas been seen in the continuous and rapid fall of the exchange. This The began to be marked last autame. Treasury sought to steady the market by the loan of gold to the banks. "This met sure was followed last. January by the formation of a banking consortium, and
SEATTLE- & VICTORIA or VANCOUVER vis Manila, Shanghal later by the arbitrary ixation of the rate
& Japan ports.
Cargo to Overland Points US. In connection with Great Northern Northern Pacifis and Chicago, Milwauken & St. Paul Ballways KASHIMA MARU (omitting Manlia)
Wednesday, 20th Apr., sa 11" am
Friday, 6th May, at 11 am. Tuesday, 31st May, at 11 am. Friday, 17th. June, at 11 am."
Highest open-air Temperatura cát 31st ...69 Lowest open-air Temperature on 1st
B$
A WASTE OF GOOD FOOD.
of exchange. These measures alike” tai-In many countries during the Great War, it was mule a criminal offence to waste food ed to prevent the fall, and gave rije to immense speculation. No. less a sum wilfully. War or no war, to right mindul. than £2,000,000 in gold was employed individual ever dos wilfully waste good food, during the year by the State in inbat a great many of us do waste it, in spite of
Fourselves. effectual Efforts to establish e ex- change in May the then Minister of Finance submitted a series of proposed taxes to Parlament. Kumours of pros pective taxation of bank deposite result
LONDON & ANTWERP vis Singapore, Penang, Colombo, Sues ed in the withdrawal of very considerable
BUWA HARU
PUSHIMI MABU (omitting Manila) KATORI MARU ...
Port Said and Marselles.
BADO MAHU.
Monday,
KITANO MARU...
Friday.
INABA MARU
Friday,
KAMO MARU
Friday
HAMBURG, AMSTERDAM, LONDON
IVERPOOL & MARSEILLES via Sues.
MELBOURNE & SYDNEY vis
Island, Townsville & Brisbane.
NIKKO MABU
AKI MARU...
TANGO MARU
NEW YORK via Suez.
4th Apr. 41 12 0. 15th Apr., ab 11. 59th Apr. at 11 am 13th May, as I am. BOTTERDAM.
panga, Thursday
Manila, Za
Tuesday,
Tuesday,
Tuesday,
19th Apr, at 11 am. 17th May, at 11 am. 21st June, 49 13 8.01.
SOUTH AMERICAN: PORTS via CAPE,
KAWACHI MARU (ailing from Bingapore) Wednesday, 11th May. BOMBAY & COLOMBO vis Singapore,
WAKASA MABU
Friday,
CALOUTTA & RANGOON via Bingapore &
TOTTORI MARU
RANGOO MARU
JAPAN PORTS-Nagasaki, Kobe
AKI HARU
22nd April,
Pemang
Wednesday, 6th April... Sunday, 17th April. Yokohama.
Tuonday, 13th Apr., at 11
SHANGHAI, KOBE & YOKOHAMA,
KAMAKURA MARU
DAKAR MABU.
IYO MARU N
ATBUTA MABU..
Tuesday 12th April. Wednesday, 13th April. Friday,
16th Apr.(at 11's.m. Thursday, 28th Apr, a îl an
sums from the banks, this being followed by a rapid and continuous fall in the value of the escudor This at par is worth just over 48. At present its valuation has fallen to about 6d. Bad as is the immediate financial position of the coun- try it is not such as to warrant this ex change. This undoubtedly is in part due to the placing of very considerable Portu- guese capital abroad for political, com- mercial, and speculative purposes. The effect upon the national inances has been little short of disastrous.
An inevitable result of the rising wages, falling exchange, and limited exporta tion has been a rapid and continuous rise in the cost of living, most marked in the case of articles of prime necessity. Thus bread, meat, fish, eggs, flour, maize, rice, cheese, butter, oil, sugar, milk, veget- ables and fruit, petroleum, coal and charcoal have all reached a terribly high price. This has been a result, in part, of short supplies, but much more the consequence of persistent cornering on the part of the business classes. Last year, the high prices led the Government to attempt the fixation of prices. This action, though momentarily successful, resulted in the concealment of supplies and the disappearance of many articles from the market.
On the entrance of the Government of Antonio Granjo, in July, the restrictions on trade were removed. The immediate result was a very great increase in prices, which has been since maintained. In view of the general scarcity of supplies, there had been restriction of the export of many articles. The removal of many of these restrictions has resulted in the exportation of quantities of foodstuffs,
For further information apply to NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA. the threat of consequent went at
Telephone No. 293 & 202,
6. TASUDA, Manager,
PRINCE LINE
THE
THE STEAMSHIP.
MOORISH
PRINCE?
TO NEWCASTLE (N.S.W.) & EUROPE sailing from Hongkong on or about 14th APRIL HAS ACCOMMODATION FOR 12 FIRST-CLASS PASSENGERS. For rates, etc., apply to:-
FURNESS (FAR EAST), LTD.,
St. George's Building.
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home, with resulting maintenance of the present high rate of prices. So serious has the question of the national food. supply, become that measures are au nounced for the restriction of the bread supply and for the rat oning of all articles of first necessity. These proposals are the more significant when it is remem bered that no system of rationing was enforced-in Portugal daring the years of the war
-Trade, which continued brisk dur.ng the early part of the year, showed a murked falling off in the autumn, conse quent on the restriction of credits and general tightness of money. The agricul tural classes throughout the country have made money in this and recent years, and with the reopening of trade with Germany count on considerably improv ing the markets. Thus, though trade- has suffered set-back during the last few months, there is ground for hoping for a return to better conditions, always provided that the financial situation in faced and taxation put upon a reasonable basis.
Any of the food we eat, which is not thoroughly digested and assimilated, is wasted, and this waste occurs whenever our principal organs of digestion-the stomach, liver and bowelson their tone, and with it the power
to
do their work efficiently,
The inmediate consequences often include pains after cating, fatulence, acidity, headaches, bilionanesa, constipation and other disagreeable gas that our digestive system is out of order. Later, just Lecause we are not obtaining full value from the food we have eaten, we begin to lose our strength and energy
All that in nucessary to banish these troubles and prevent their return, is to restore the diges tire organs to thorough, natural, working order, and for this purpose no medicine is so sure or so well recommended as the world-famed and reliable digestive tonic, Mother Seigel's Syrup. this medicine has been the
who tried and: true
suffer from This popular stomach and liver troubles. remedy is prepared from the medicinal extracts of more than ten different roots, barks and herbs, which in combination have a remarkably bene ficial effect upon the digestive organs.
For ver fifty years this of
الله
Mother Seigel's Byrup tones and strengthens the stomach, stimulates the liver, and restores the towels to healthy activity, thereby ensuring in anatural way, complete digestion and assimilation of food Appetite improves, food in again eaten and enjoyed, and you wake up in the morning feeling fresh, and ready for your
work.
In every part of the British Empire, Mother Beigel's Syrup a regularly taken and recom- mended by those who know its sterling worth, and have experienced for themselves what bene fits are derived from its use. Thousands of such people take a dose of the Syrup regularly, after each of the principal meals of the day, and they say they owe to this simple precaution freedom from indigestion, their energy and good health, G
their
There are certain imitations of Mother Seigel's Syrup upon the market, but no imitation possesses the remedial value which has made the Syrup for fifty years the most popular remedy for indigestion in the world
MARTIN'S
APIOL STEEL PILUS
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of the Tyrica ( Ceny dont wey So Longwary of s
MARTIN, Chanel Beszkamyons. Sină.
MARTIN'S
VETARZO
DRALE GLEAS
INDO-CHINA
STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY LIMITED
SAILINGS SUBJECT TO ALTERATION
BANGKOK via SWATOW..... STRAITS & CAIJUTTA HAIPHONG TỈ FOIFO
MANILA
KORE via SHANGHAI
SHANGHAI H
*TEOPAO".....Tues., 8th Apc., D'Ught.
UHAKSANG".Tues, 5th Apr. 3 pm.' "LOKBANG"...Wed., 6th Apr. 9 m SHANGHAI&TRINgrad via SwatOW "WINGSANG Thare, 7th Apr., D'light "YUENSANG Fri Sah Apr. p.m
Noon. "FJOKSANG Mon. 11th Apr.,
Νούτ "TUNGSHING Mon, lith Apr
"
BHANGHAI LINE:-Sal
CALCUTTA LINE (This line affords regular calling to Calcutta, Penang and
Singapore; returning from Calcutta ateamers proceed via Strait And Hongkong to Japan, occasionally calling as Shanghal All steamers have excellent passenger accommodation, fitted with Electric Light and Fans and carry a fully-cribed approximately every five days between Cantor and Shanghal, sometimes calling as Swatow. Through tickets can * be obtained and through Bill of Lading are issued to all
Northern and Yangtze Forta via Shanghai, LINEA wookly service is maintained with Mantis by veszele with good passenger accommodation, sailings from both porta every Friday, LINE-Sallings approximately weekly for passengers and cargo,
calling at Hollow when Inducement offers.
MARILA HAIPHONG
BORNEU
TEENTSIB
LINK:-One milling per month between Hongkong and Sandakan by.
a steamer having up-to-date accommodation for pamergers, Cargo taken on through Bills of Lading for Exadat, Jesselton Labuan, Tawao and Lahad Data
November between
LINE:-A regular service is run from March to
Hongkong and Tientsin, calling at Walhalwel'and Chatoo
#
CALCUTTA
•
S.P
LINE
'CHAKSANG" will be despatched on or about Tuesday, Apr., 5th, 3 p.m., for SINGAPORE, PENANG and CALCUTTA
Through Bills of Lading issued to RANGOON, MADRAS, and DUTCH EAST INDIES.
For Freight or Passage apply tem
Jardine. Matheson & Co., Ltd.,
GENERAL MANAGEES
TELEPROSÉ No. 115.
GLEN
AND SHIRE
Joint Service of Steamers.
U.K.-STRAITS, CHINA & JAPAN SERVICE.
Vensel
B.S. GLENIFFER · 8.8. "GLENGYLE
Vessel
8.3. "CARNARVONSHIRE".
OUTWARDS.
HOMEWARDS..
Leuven Hongkong
24th Apr..
Das Hongkong
14th April. 18th April.
Dischar
Gmoa, LorbỜN & HOTZHENÁM.
Movemanis aeg anbjoch so change without matics. For freight or farther partiraiars please apply to:-
Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd. The Glen Line, Ltd., AGENTS.
No 21 mb. 5 e 22 and 1694.
Cable Addrem
Kawakisen, Kobe. Bentley's ABO. 6th Ed. and-Boott's Codem
KAWASAKI
KISEN
Telephone : Bannanly
3244, 1985,
(KAWASAKI STEAMSHIP CO.)
CAPITAL PAID-UP
· President's Mr. Y. KAWAKAKL
KAISHA
Y20,000,000
Vios-President: Mr. K. MATHURATA Managing Director: Mr. Maraya ÅTE
The Company has on hand a Large Hamber of
NEW CARGO STEAMERS
"ALWAYS BEADY FOR
CHARTERS of all descriptions,
The following as comprised in the Company's Fleet.
·Eleven steamers of 9,100 tons nach deadweight.
-And under the Company's managemant
Twenty steamers of about 9,100 tons deadweight each. Two steamers of about 8,400 tons deadweight each. (Belonging to the Kawanki Dockyard Co. Léd.)
-For Charter Bastar cond talk ofher, particulars-apply to the
- KAWASAKI KISEN KAISHA No. 8 Burn, Kanse