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THE UNITED ASBESTOS ORIENTAL AGENCY, LTD.
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SOLE AGENTS FOR
"PUDLO
Makes Cement Waterproof
FEUSOL"
The Immovable Firo oment
2, Quoop' Building.
THE
A 1924 PRODUCTION.
PREFERRED
PICTOR'S
THE GREAT
AMERICAN
ROMANCE
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Tingling with thrills
suffered with granduer,
warm with lumi
sympathy-
TEEMING with
LAUGHTER and TEARS
Picture for the Whole Family to See and Talk about!
Commencing
MAY 23rd to 26th
IN
QUEEN'S THEATRE.
UNUSUAL OPPORTUNITY for A SHORT TIME ONLY
A Select Assortment of
DRAWN WORK
AND
LACES
At 20 BELOW ACTUAL COST
AT
"DO BE CHAIRFUL"
COMPANY
51, Queen's Rosd. Central
M. Y. SAN & CO., LTD.
MANUFACTURERS
PRES
STEM
M.Y.SAN
RESLAVED CHOICE ELECTED
BEST YOUNG STEN DINEER THE SIDE LP WITH GARE MY.SAN&E
MASZ IN HONGXOKS
BEST PRESERVED
STEM CINCER.
HEAD OFFICE: No 33 to 100 Queen's Baía Central
FACTORY: Canton Road, Kowloon.
BRANCHES AT: Manila, Singapore, Shanghai, Canton, China.
The
CITROEN.
The Last Word in Car-Economy
RUNNING COSTS LOWER.
LA
Less Tyres
Less Oil
Winner 3 years running 1920-21-22, Grand Trix for Low Counmption.
Cars for Sale:"
LEPACK CO., LTD.
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50-52, Queen's Rd. C.
HONGKONG DAILY" PRESS, FRIDAY, MAY 2ÖRD, 1924
HOUSING SHORTAGE IN
HONGKONG BUILDING 'BOOM.
DEMAND FOR CONSTRUCTION PLANT.
PARIS.
BUILDING TOO COSTLY.
Paris, like every other Europeau The building boom, "which is so stradi- capital, has become bailly overcrowded ly altering the face of Hongkong, bas since the war, Rents have been kept artificially low by Government control, effected many changes. In heat practice and relatively little new building is tak and among the results, remarks Bustering place, Many projects for getting Enghurtring, and the rising cost of labour new blocks of ampartements built-have been brought forward, but so for "the and its corollary the ferving a of results are greatly below the pressing re modern labour-saving construction plant,quirement.
it was proposed, for example, that In a survey of the present position and. the prospects for the future, C. Consipital put into the building industry be Lemy Webber notes that at present there up-from-taxation, but string objec is only a limited amount of modern con- tion was taken to this plan, and it finally struction machinery actually in us in fell through. A scheme, for providing the Hongkong district, but it is probable flats, for people of moderate means was that with the present building boom and started by the Paris Minnicipal Council the
proposed important development about a year ago, but at the present schemes a market will be opened for rou-moment it is found that the cost of build- crete mixera pile drivers, excavators, and ing is over 60 per cent, dearer than the other similar machinery.
extimate when the scheme was Erst
Until recently the ample supply of thought forward. This is caused by the cheap labour has retarded the introducereased cost of building waterials and tion, on a large heale, of modern muchin labour, by the Senate's refusal to let the ery; but with the increasing demands of building trade capital escape taxation, labour, native contractors are slowly and by the heavy increase of money Jearning that modern machinery is con market rates for raising the necessary siderably cheaper in the long in than careful calculation the Council cheap, inexperienced lyhour.
CONCRETE PLANT. I
After
fail that the lowest possible enst of Blats. will work out at 4,10 frames per year for three-roamed flat, 5,700 francs for
It is, therefore, believed that this market for the next few years will be worthy of
a four-roamed flat, and 6,500 francs for the attention and consideration of con-
Ia ft-roomed. When one considers. thas struction machinery manufacturers and bank clerk in Paris earns on a high exporters, especially those specialising in conerate working equipment and piestimate between 7,000 and $,000 francs A year, and that an income of 12,000 franes in Paris, is comparatively rare,: one can understand the plight of the Paris Municipal Council, which has đó decide before the end of May whether or not their bousing scheme shall be carried
drivers..
L
There are now approximately 90 con. crete mixers in the colony, the majority of them being of English manufacture, These mixers, are well, constructed, but slightly higher in price hans similar machine of American manufacture. Any out.. mixer (regardless of quality) which can be sold at a very low price is the one which will usually be purchased by native contractor, British coaceros usu- The motor business in Shanghai" is ally, receive one mixer for demonstration good, with dealers in medium priced car on consignmea, payment to be made on sold out of new models, tates U.S. ale of the equipment.
Commercial Attaché. Julian Arnold, of
a1
SHANGHAI MOTOR MARKET.
The demand for foreign pile drivers | Peking. on the incred, as land values in the
colong are rising and it is nerssary to there is a fair sale of cheap light
increase the height of buildings in order to secure satisfactory returns on invat
ments.
!
piles have been of wond, and a locally Up to the present the majority of the made wooden piling frame, with the usual monkey or bammer, has been em-"[ played, being operated either by steam or hand winch. Recently, concrete piles have been used, being driven in.a similar
mander.
Twe Belgian made concrete pile equip. ments were recently imported, which con- struct piles by making a hole in the ground using a tube, and Alling the hole with cement the tube is extracted The results obtained, however, are not altogether satisfactory, owing, partly to severe conditions at the site where the machines are employed..
PILE DRIVERS.
The native piledriving apparatus used with wooden ples selle from 25 to 50 per cent, less than the more modern steam pile equipment. The 6nly two foreign pile driving equipments now used here were imported direct, prices quoted cit. In stering Payment was made against a sight draft at 90 days. No discount was allowed.
Investigation, shows that no legal im port company can supply detailed inform ation regarding ci.f. costs of foreign pile. driving equipment. This is partly due to the limited market for such, equipment, niso to the lack of interest on the part of foreign manufacturers in the possibilities of this market, and their failure to attempt to convince the pative contractors of the superiority and greater economy of modern methods, and equipment.
In some cases the undersoil in the dis trict of Hongkong is very soft and inter- mixed with large granite boulders which interfere with the operations of steam shovels. Only in the case of one or two large roclamation projects would it be
Shanghai imports of automobile, according to the custom statistics for 1993, reached a total of $1,093,000, in gold. The share of the United States in this
the French, 0 per cent. trade was 38 per cent; the German share 12 per cent; the British, 12 per cent. ; and
Imports of trucks during the year amounted to $65,000, with the American share placed at 15 per cent, this German at 5 per cent, and British and Canadian
per cent, each. HONGKONG SHARE MARKET
shares at less than 1
"CLOSING QUOTATIONS
MAY 22ND, 192k Hongkong and Shanghai
Banka...
..$1.160
3201 b.
Union Ingarancem
Hongkong Fire Laurances. 5315 b.
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Star Ferries
China Sugars
Langkats (Combined)
Kowloon Whares......... Whamun Docks Shanghai Docky
kew Wharves
Cementa
Lands
Retates..
Hongkong Hopes China Providents Dairy Farms Waterbosta
Watsons
$50 b.
3170 xa. $145.
T. 90b.
TR. 40 The 6.1 b 3108
$19 (old) $10 (new) L
Hongkong Electrice...
I
(old) $5.65 (new) b.
$ (old) (mw) $14 (old) Si (now)
$103. $24] b.
China Lights $1+ (old) 39 (err). Hongkong Trams... $374 h.
»ë18{ m«
Pesk Tramways.
b.-buyers; s—sellers; samtales.
2
possible to employ modern steam shovels C. E. WARREN CO., LTD.
SANITARY "ENGINEERS MONUJENTALISTS, &0.
Ji
ALL
Local conditions are more suitable for the employment of excavators of the smad, heavy, grab type, none of which is at present in use,
OFFICES & Construction equipment is sold in this | GODOWNS. market through importing firms repre senting foreiga panufacturers. It is sug Tzi. No. 289.
interested gested that
manufacturers quote the most attractive prices possible in order to enable the agents in this ter ritory to interest native extractors and induce them to make the initial investment on foreign-made equipment Prices are སས་ generally quoted cit. Hoogkong, and payments are arranged in various ways. according to the standing and the business integrity of the importing firms acting as agents.
CHINA'S DEMAND FOR MACHINERY.
of
The value of the machinery of all classes unported into Shanghai during 1993 is less than 50 per ent of the 1992 tata, and as the Shanghai figures are normally about half the total for the who "China, it would - appear lays. Bustera Bugtrering, that the values of, the im ports for the whole country in 1923 will he found to be little more than the Shang hai imports alone for 1922 It must be remembered, however, that these figures are concerned with values only, and as prices have dropped steadily, the actual position, will not be found to be serious
what the queen the reg
atitos are known.” One very that the British shane report is the fact
this Shangha trade in machinery bas shown an increase at the expense of Japan and America two of our competitors who were able to Heiro tho
theater bulk of orders during
period, when the British, raakers were unade to undertake, work for abroad. Thus improvement in a parrower market shows that the goodwill of the past is n definite factor, that British makers are
198A, Wanchai Road,
HONGKONG,
KINDS OF BUILDERS" *REQUISITES IN STOOK, Soil. Text and Rain Water Pipes Floor and Wall Tiles Baths, Basina. - Bath Fittings, Waterheaters for Gas, Oil or Coal Fuel. Also A Few Chip Heaters
OPEN AND CLOSED GRATER, COSETEG
RANGES.
ESTIMATES FREZ FOR ALL BAKIZART
Installations, Hor: WATLÉ
SYSTEMS, &C,
GENEZAL REPAIRS PROMPTLT ATTENDED TO.",
Italian Marble or Hongkong Granite.
Specialists in Monumental Work Cat, in
Jur BaCEIVED: & SHIPMEST OF ITALIAN MADELE FLOOR TILES. Prices on Applimatica. ASIFICIAL WREATHS FROM 8 to 18";
DIAMETER IN Brook
[1450
ALLIES.
All Discriminating
Smokers
and the
striving hard bo regain their formar posi- HONGKONG CIGAR STOBE ITD.
tion; and, finally, that China is still a good market for British products.
MADAME
FLINT
CHIC
SUMMER
FROCKS.
CHINA BUILDING, 1ST FLOOR.
REGISTERED TRADE MARC.
JEAN VALJEAN BEST MANILA CIGARS
EX LA PERLA DEL ORIENTE. MANUFACTURED BY EL ORIENTË,, MANILA
Reina Victoria
Perfectos
Half-A-Corona Corona Bankers
100's $10.76
25's 3.90
25's 4.50 -25's 6.50
25x 7.25
TABAQUERIA FILIPINA,
33, Queen's Road Central
SWATOW DRAWN WORK CO.
ONG
1st of JUNE
WILL REMOVE TO
NEW PREMISES 14, Pedder Street. (OPPOSITE TO HONGKONG HOTEL).
CLEANING SALE
HELD ON
16th to 31st inst.
AT
OLD PREMISES
SWATOW DRAWN WORK CO,
16, Des Voeux Rd. C
Please Come Early,
Don't Fail Opportunity.
PERFUMERY
Manufactured by RIGAUD, PARIS.
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