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THE BIG CHINESE STORES
AND EXCHANGES.
CHINESE GOVERNMENT FEARS THEY PROMOTE BOLSHEVISM.
TASTATIC NEWS AGENCY.]
SHANGHAI TRADE.
SIGNS OF IMPROVEMENT.
Messrs Ilbert & Co.'s Piece Gooda Market Report says:-
The improvement reported last week? has continued and the depletion of our Pexisa, July gist.. stocks is already having its full effect Mr. Wong Sai-pin, Minister of Agri- on the market. There are buyers from various outlets for practically all stand- culture and Commerce, has issued sard lines of piece, goods, probably more interesting "statement relating to the possible invasion of Russian Bolshevikin anticipation of the autuma require ideas into China through the establish-demand from the country, but the avail- ment than because of any immediate meat of big commercial, stores suchable stocks are now getting into stronger the Chinese, Sincere Company; and the Yang-an) Company in Shanghai and hands and sellers are having more, of Hongkong and the rapid increase of the their own way in the matter of prices than they have had for a considerable so-called stock exchanges. Mr. Wong
Clearances Lime.
Dro also improving says that for the purpose of making and many of the River and Northern proper investigations into the existing steamers are taking fairly full cargoes, Chinesi and Sino-Foreign stock through the serious floods in the upper changes in that leading treaty port,Yangtze regions are making all business it is estimated there are now over fiftimpossible over wide tracts of country. from three million to twenty million dollars, he has desinteted some reliable the general dislocation of communi.
cations. officials to Shanghai, and in order to
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to the great detriment of the general Yangtze, souple with the equally serious public, the Governinent intends to enact news made publice recently as to the laws and regulations for the control of condition of the River at Chinkiang, big co-operative stores, Sino-Foreign bring promirently into notice the urgent Banks and Sinu Foreign Exchanges. need for Conservancy work on the vital ture and Commerce, the establishment of course from its present bed, which it is big co-operative stores such as the stated is not impossible, would be a Sincere Company will destroy middle great disaster to the trade of Central grade business. It has been disivered China and to that of Shanghai in parti that since last year, many middle class cular.
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shops which have been engaged in the It is difficult to ascertain exactly how sale of foreign goods trade and trading much actual business has passed be- us general stores, have closed their doors tween here and Lancashire recently, ́n simply because they could not compete large number of ecquiries have certainly with big companies. The destruction of gone forward but as a general-rule it
country might bring the capitalists and cloths are workable at a profit, whites the workers into conflict in the future, fare being entered at a loss of to-day's Mr. Wong adds that previous to the values of about two to five mace per Russian Soviet Revolution in 1917, the piece, while the difference in the case of Russian middle class business men bad dyed goods is somewhat greater. A heen ruined by big co-operative stores, certain amount of orders for these are, bringing the capitalista and the labour- notwithstanding, being placed in anti- ers into feree "touflict, with the result cipation of a rise in the market before. that Russia is still a divided country, arrival, which is quite a justifiable hope and it is to be feared that something when the statistical position here a similar will happen in China unless taken into consideration, protective measures be enacted for the preservation of the Chinese middle grade commercial people in their struggle] For existence in face of formidable com- petitors.
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POSSIBLE BOYCOTT OF
PEKING.
FARMERS AND COAL MERCHANTS OPPOSED TO LIKIN
Mr. Wong deplores the present mush- room growth of the so-called stock ex- changes in Shanghai with or without sufficient capital and it the belief of uxperienced business
that unless some restrictions are introduced into the
Che request of the Chinese merchadta laws a crush will certainly come to the great detriment of the Chinese money along the Peking-Suiyuan Railway for markets. Communiam can do nothing in the abolition of the Likin tax offices has this country provided the interests often rejected by the Ministry of Finance the middle grade people be effectively protected by hws and regulations, pre renting clash between the capitalists and labourers.
No ocial permission will be granted to promoters of new stock and brokers exchanges until the receipt of full re ports from Shanghai.
C.F.R. AND S.M. RAILWAY
DEBENTURE ISSUES,..
A debenture issue of 30,000,000 yen has been arranged by the South Manchurian Railway with a group of Japanese banks. The issue is to be Bloated at once, at 07 with interest at 7
per cent.
The Chinese Eastern Railway is also to make a debenture issue." At a receat
and the Ministry of Communications so that the merchants, especially railway transportation companies, are going to a boycott refusing to transport merchandise along that line to Feking and other places. Not only this, the transportation companies have made agreements with the farmers and coal sellers who will refuse to send vegetables and coal to the capital when the boycott is-once declared by the Transportation companies. The promoter of the boycott against the railway are the chambers of commerce of Suiyuan, Fengehen, Kalgan. Fengtai and other, districts and it is believed that it will cause serious bard. ships to the residents in the Capital when once the boycott is started. On account.
the lack of funds, the Government authorities are also going to establish Likin tax offices along the Peking-Mukden Railway shortly.-N. Standard.
IN JAPAN,I
meeting of shareholders in Peking it KING OF PURGATORY HONOURED was decided that the Russo-Asiatic Bank' should issue debentures amounting to 20,000,000 taels, and a Shanghai banking. group should float another amounting to 5,000,000 taels, both at 5 per cent in terest. The issue price, the period of redemption, etc., were left to the discre- tion of the Directorate.
The 37 temples in Tokio dedicated to the King of Purgatory, the Buddhist deity Emma Dai 0, were visited by thousands of worshippers recently at the special festival of Emma O. one of the largest religious festivals of the expital city of the Empire.
Part of the proceeds will be employed to repay Chinn the sum of 5,000,000 taels invested by China with 6 per cent. in- Emma O ia the God of Intervention. terent from 1905 to 1920. The balance who prevents wrong-doing and who pre- is to be used for liquidating the other sides over the intermediate spirit world, obligations, including Y.2,000,000 pay-judging the souls in purgatory. He is able to the South Manchuria Railway hideously ugly but his temples are much Company for Fushan coal. As American frequented, parente sending their children capitalists are unlikely to be attracted to them so that they may be filled with by the above debenture, they will most holy awe. In each of the temples dedi- likely be underwritten by Japanese cated to Emma O are the ten Kings of capitalists, suys a Japanese contempo- Hell, or Saiako Dai Q, Shoko O. Sotei O. Kan O. Emma O. Hensei D, Taisan 0, Byodo O. Toshi O, and Datenrin 0, so that the festival is sometimes called the Pestival of the Ten Great Kings.
rary.
The Chinese Eastern Railway hopes to be able to clear the net proat of Y.1,000,000 from this year's traffic.
Street faire and amusescuts are an HAN RIVER BREAKS LOOSE. Shinto festivals in Japan, each god hav inseparable part of all Buddhist and THE NEW, EMBANKMENT AT CHIU-ing a particular type of amusement and of shop dedicated to him. The peep show of the panoramic view of the Buddhist Heaven and Hell is peculiar to the Festival of the Ten Great Kings, while konnyaku, ia especially sold.-Japan Chronicle.
KOW GIVES WAY.
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The correspondent of the N.-U. Daily News at Wuchang, writing on July 18th, Enid:-
THE VERY BEST EYE INSURANCE
I regret to have to inform you that letters have just reached me, both from foreigners and Chinese up the Han Eivor; that in two places at least, the Han River has broken its banks in the neighbourhood of Anlufa and Chinkow.
On Thursday, July 14th, at about · 11 a.m., the left bank of the river gave way you can get for the hot season-including risks above Aalu, between the city and Esin of dust and glare-in a pair of Sir William Chi, a small but busy mart about 10 li Crookes Ghasse-the ideal guard from glare- from Aulu.
The same evening the inner embank- There are two varieties of this gluen; (1) A giaan ment close by the city itself just outside very slightly tinted, of a pale amethyst colour Cross Street was in serious danger. The which looks almost colourless. (b) A neutral water, rose steadily until it was within tint which cuts down the glare as well as pheorbe a few inches of the top, when fortunately for the city, the waters were stayed and ing the harmful isys, Crookes lenses of any indeed slightly receded.
prescriptions in either regular or Toric form are News followed quickly upon this from manufactured by the Hongkong Optical Co the Chief Magistrate, that the great new embankment, rebuilt after the disastrous Successors to Clark & Co., Manufacturing and break of two years ago at Wang Mino Refracting Opticians the most competeni near Chiukow had also broken again, optical manufacturing establishment in South This is terrible news and micans China-located in 53, Qkom's Road Central- pathetic repetition of the suffering and
162 loss of the summer of 1913.
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