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FIRE-RESISTING FLOORING
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JOINTLESS. HYGIENIC & NON-SLIPPING Laid by Our Own Workmen on STEEL, WOOD OR CONCRETE.
THE UNITED ASBESTOS ORIENTAL AGENCY, LTD.
Tel. Contral 250.
3, Queen's" Buildings.
JUST RECEIVED"
A GREAT ASSORTMENT OF
EAR-RINGS, PEKING BLUE BEADS, MANILA HATS, SILK LANTERNS AND LAMP SHADES.
THE SWATOW LACE CO.,
Manufacturers and Exporters
OF
:.
LACES, DRAWN-WORK AND EMBROIDERIES.
178. Queen's Road Central.
GREAT REDUCTION SALE
OF
SWATOW DRAWN WORK
SILK EMBROIDERIES MAR-JONGG SETS
AND
HAND-MADE LACES IVORY WARE MANDARIN COATS
All Kinds of LADIES' FANCY GOODS.
Those desirous of obtaining
VALUABLE GIFTS
Should not fail to Visit
SWATOW DRAWN WORK COMPANY,
Telephone K711
16, Des Vœux Road Central,
BICYCLES
LADIES', GENTLEMEN'S OR TANDEM FOR HIRE OR SALE. NEW RACER JUST ARRIVED.
HANG LEE CYCLE CO.,
19, HAIPHONG ROAD, KOWLOON. Next to PALACE HOTEL.
PIANOS FOR SALE OR
Telephone
K711.
HIRE.
TSANG FOOK PIANO CO.,
TEL 2127.
得
Ma, WanoxAT ROAD.
The CITROEN.
The Last Word in Car-Economy
RUNNING COSTS LOWER.
Less Tyres
Less Oil
Winner 3 years ränning 1920-21-22. Grand Prix for Low Consumption,
Cars for Sale:
1.
LEPACK CO., LTD.
50-52, Queen's Rd. C.
THE HONGKONG
DAILY
TRADE NOTES.
THE BRITISH DUTY ON CHINA TEA
PRESS, FRIDAY, APRIL 4TH, 1924
Mr. Edward White, 20. Eastchenp, writing to a home paper, says it is surely A travesty of Imperiat Perference to ini pose a paltry duty handicap ga China tea- imports. I doubt very much if the sun realised by the Exchequer covers the cost" of collection, qud" what about exparts to China from Makelwater Do not those cant for Something in weiprocal trade? Although China is provvoted by hidebound tarif treaties from malindry upsel duties herself. she has other ways of redying what she runsders unjust treat ment, as Jaya has already exper need to her nat
BRITAIN'S SILK IMPORTS
In the House of Compous mi 'February 19th. Mr Webb President of the Board of Tead-). in reply to Mr. Romer, said that the value of the net imports 17 imports less re-exports) into the rited Kingdom of manufactured atk goods, exclusive of embroidery and apparel, amounted to £12,702,000 in the year 1913. £13.460,000 1921, £16,201.000 ja 1, and £18.723,000 in Be23.
TRADE IN SHARKS' FINS.
In his report upon the Fisheries of Malaya. Mr. D G Stead, Fisheries Enquiry Cossioner, age: This trade is entirely in the band of the" Chinege. The Ans of the larger sharks are collected regularly at all the "fishing centres and at. many of the markets, especially as regaris the fishing centres, where the remarkable type of set-line known as Rawai are used. Rawai caprun considerable numbers of Parks and rays. The edge of the pec toral flaps of the rays (kan Pari) an frequently to be found also amongst Shark's Rus Shuck's fins are forwarded to Penang and Singapore, principally the latter, when they a despatch to maay plat Penang receives its sup plies mostly from Burma. A large quan City also tunes from Sumatra, as well as from the coast of Kedah, Perak, Selangor, Add The Dindings. A considerable per- centage of the supplits reerived in Penang to SingapoK, Singapore re
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sent ou ceives it supplies from a multitude of sources, and handles a really vast quantity -probably not less than 3,000,000 b, weight per year. Much of this is used in Malaya, although largely forwarded to China. According to the export returns for 1992 at least 10,000 s, weight was forwarded to China. Most of the Chines kedal in Malaya stock sharks fit for u in Chinese cookery. I have frequently seen Chinese street cooks and others shredding these fios, and he doubt they assist in I making a very tasty dish. At the same time an immense destruction of shark in accounted for.
SILVER INDEBTEDNESS "TO US.
Mr. Showdon, (Chinelor of the Ex- thegner) informed Sir.F..Wise that Great Britain had paid off her silver indebtedly nes to the United State, It amounted to $122.017,635.
Sir F-Wise that amoutted debited" to the Baldwin sinking fund? (Laughter, and an Hon. Member: He has sunk.") Mr. Snowden: It has always been re- garded as outside ordinary war dehti EXCHANGE AVERAGES IN MARCH. Mer, firza. Bro. in their exchang quotations during the month of March give the following summary :---
Ayemge Rate Mar. (1024)(Approx) Highest ate Mar.
Silver
(Ready)
Sterllo
- 9/11.1174 -50) 11.19. (1924)(Approx.): 241 121 5oj 14,00 Lowest Kate Mar.
(1984),(Approx.)† 237 111° 501- 9.20
Average
erage Rate to date (1924),(Approx.) Highest late to date
2/4 11231 50 41.04
(1924)(Approx.) - 9/4) 121.50) 14.00 Lowest Rate to dath
(1924)(Approx) — 9/32 107494-0.40
CHINESE (VICKERS) NOTES. In the House of Commons on February 97th, Mr. Hannon asked the Foreign was the inten Secretary whether it
tion of the present Government to a troduce a Bill, on the lines promised by the late Government.. which will enable then to appoint a Committee to deal with the disposal of the Boxer indemnity, with special reference to the claims put for ward by the holders of Vickers Chinese nutes.
The Mr. Ponsonby, in reply, wrote: answer is in the affirmative, but no infer ence should be drawn as to the likelihood of Boxer indemnity Funds becoming avail- able for defaulted payments on thesun Aecured debts of the Chinese Gorern- ment.
HONGKONG SHARE MARKET CLOSING QUOTATIONE
Arai 320, 1824. Hongkong and Shanghai
Banks $1,185. Union Insurances.........1245 88. Douglas Steamships........507 b.
C. & M. Steamboata $39) b., $10 a.
...$88 b.
...8248 #L China Sugars...
Tis. 30 H. Langkats (Cabined).......
...3187. Kowloon Wharvesse piiruni
The. 95 pa, & b. Shanghai Docks...
$117 b Hongkong Landa - Cementa
127 (old) $8.10 (new) 5. Hongkong Ropes $65 1.
Provident....517 old $6 (now) b..
O Farma nomen
Watsonan a heterones
26. 期
Hongkong Electrice.......335) ax.
Hongkong TramE
Peak Tramways....
20/30 80.
$15 b
b.-buyers; s-sellerò; sa—sales,
P.&O.BANKING CORPORATION
LIMITED.
(INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND 1090)
with which is affiliated
THE ALLAHABAD BANK LTD. INDIA,
AUTHORIJAD Cartital SensoRIBED AND PAID UP... RESERVE YUND
***
£3,000,000 £2,584,150 £113,000
HEAD OFFICE 199, Lelanhall Street, London, B.C. 3 WEST LONDON BRANCH: 14-16, Cockspur Etreet, London, SW. 1. FASTERN BRANCHES: Boulay, Calcutta. Karachi, Madras, Colombo Singapore, Hongkong and Shanghai.
The Corporation undertakes General Banking and Exchange Business of every descriplici an
addition to its Branches has Agencies in sil the principal Cities of the world.
U. CHAMPKIN,
Manager. 12, Des Voeux Road Central, Hongkong.
RUSSO-ASIATIC BANK
PERFUMERY
Manufactured by RIGAUD, PARIS.
$100.
**AIRE
EMBALSAMADO"
MARY GARDEN"
HORA CARINOSAL "
“DULCE MIA"
"LILAS RIGAUD "
RIGAUD
Obtainable from
VICENTE ÅTIENZA,
18, NATILAN RD, KOWLOON.
TXL, K. 16,
WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY.
Roubles.
TH
55,000,000
26,960,000
FRIDAY and SATURDAY
2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th
APRIL
Kap. Tls.
3,506,000 1,750,000
CAPITAL. (FULLY-PAID) REVI FUND CAPITAL CONTRIBUTED 1ST THE
CHINESE GOVERNMENT RESTE FUND
**HZAD OFFICE Paris 9, Ras Boudress. LONDON. OFFICE:
#4, Old Broad Street, E.0.3
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of San Francisco.
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HONGKONG BRANCH: Interest allowed on Current Accounts and Fixed Deposits. Terms on application. Loos Bills discounted.
Foreign Exchange ou the Principal Oltios of the World bought and sold.
L. BAINES,
371
Manager.
THE WORLD'S HAPPY LAD
IN
THRILL-A-MINUTE LAUGH-A-SECOND
COMEDY CYCLONE
HAROLD LLOYD
in
"SAFETY LAST"
INKWELL COMEDY
TRAPPED
Admission:-
9.15 pm-31-5) & $100. 5,15 p.m.-$1,00 & 70 cts.
AT. TER
WORLD-
The Day of the Knight is Here !
IT IS THE
WILLYS KNIGHT
Simplest and most trouble-free type of motor ever invented.
リ
It has the most distnctive and gracefully balanced body of any car
in the market.
L-The Willys-Knight car is the four cylinder motored car that makes the six
unnecessary.
The Kuight motor in steam principle. The valves are: two cylindrical sleeves with rectangular lots or porta which when they gister with each other and the ports in the block allow the ingress and egress of the gasey without obstruction. The wide open passagem, particularly on the exhaust side, pernit u man thomugh cleaning of the burut uses from the combustion chamber than any other type of motor, "that"every ounce of energy available is atiliz! from the explosive mixtan, which gives us such tremendous power.
2-It has no valye to grind and no carbon to clean.
The combustion chamber is completely surrounded by water and an alloy piston uoted for its great best radiating qualitia is used so neither the combustion chamber nor the head of the piston gets hot enough to take the resida from the exposed gases to form carbon while there is still enough hent maintained to handle the explosiss anixture effectively.
3-It is the only type of motor that improves with use.
While carbon can not form in the combustion chamber, still a certain amount of the residue from the burnt gases works up behind the wide waling rior in the cylinder head and, as this building in process obtains, isko pushing this sealing ring mor tightly against the infier sleeve nutil it completely seals the compressing chamber derdigung more power with every mile the untor is drawn.
4-It is the only type of motor that wears in while other wears out.
All parts in the Willys-Knight car ar assembled with wide clearance between such other and oil is forced into the clearances under lwavy promare so that the entire assembly is lapping or wearing in on these heavy films of vil instead of waring out. In other words, every bearing in this motor is an oil bearing instead of a metal to melal haring which is nessary in the construction of a poppet valve motor in order to keep it quiet with subsequent quick wear and note.
It has eliminated one hundred and sixty two quick wearing parta necessary in the operation of a cylindered poppel valve motor. There are no hammering parts such as cams striking against posh rods, paal: rods against vale straw, or valve heads mapping back into their seats through, the medium of heavy splings, etc.
THE MERCURY MOTOR CAR CO,
Sole Distributors.
59-61, Des Voeux Road Central,
Telephone No. 977.
Head Office: 1st floor, Telephone 1340.