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Tal Contral 236.
SOLE AGENTS FOR
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QUEEN'S THEATRE.
Monday to Thursday, March 30th to April 2nd,
#
at 2.30 p.m., 5.15 p.m., 7.15 p.m.
& 9.15 p.m.
A Brand New Picture Picture Which Everybody Should See FIRST NATIONAL PICTURES
PRESENTS
LEWIS STONE · WALLACE BEERY
IN
JANE NOVAK ROBERT GORDON
THE ROSARY"
An Adaptation of Edward Rose's Famous Play of the Same Name
ALSO
BUSTER KEATON
IN
“ELECTRIC HOUSE
His Funniest Comedy to Dete in 2Parts.
COMING HERE SOON! RUPERT OF HENTZAU
The Sequel to
"THE PRISONER OF ZENDA.”
TO-DAY & TO-MORROW ONLY, 5.15 p.m. & 9.15 p.m.
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FEATURING FIVE SCREEN 6TARS, Vız:--
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PHILLIPS SMALLEY AND VERNON STEBLE.
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IN
"A SOCIETY KNOCKOUT
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TO-DAY TILL THURSDAY, 2.30 pm. & 7.15 p.m. THE BEST AND LATEST CHINESE PRODUCTION
THE WORLD AGAINST HER
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(A MODERN SOCIETY DRAMA IN ELEVEN REELS)
WORLD THEATRE.
HONGKONG ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION CO., LTD.
CONTRACTORS. FOR
CIVIL ENGINEERING AND BUILDING WORK OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS.
Specialists in Reinforced Concrete Foundations and Structures for Factories, Godowns, Wharves, Bridges, Piers, &c
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Enquiries to HEAD OFFICE:
ST. GEORGES BUILDING, CHATES ROAD. Telephons Central 4581 (Two Lines),
PIANOS FOR SALE OR HIRE.
TIL. 4648.
TSANG FOOK PIANO CO.,
No. 8. De Vayr Bow CENTRAL (Matrance Ice House Street)
ADAKI PRESS
CHINESE TRADE REPORTS
The Custoina, Returns of the virious ports from October to Decem. 1994, The wing are now being jasued. comments on the year's trade areiased on these.figures.
lish grey
INC
Chingangiau. Imports. Unly one item of foreign catton goods was imported in the last quain skirtings, 980 pieces. of the year, namely,Eng- There are di classifications under this heading and i were represented in the corresponding period of 1993 The greatest drop in the year's trade was in Japanese grey-plain shirtings which felt
7,320 pieces in 1923 to 3,040 in 192 and Japanese grey jeans which fell from
to 2,270
Coloured plain .pivers. venetians also showed a 60 per cent decrease. On the other hand, although foreign trade in this line was almost the stopped in the last quarter of 1024, importation of Shanghai grey shirtings for the whole year advanced from 17,600 to 44,300 pieces. In contrast with the decrease
in the impers of foreign cotton goods, a remarkable increase was In the import of the electrical materiais,
shoi
following iterus
HE Tis.
90,512 เถ 1999 to Mk. Tls. 319,630 in
1994
way
זית
gypsum, 122-321 to 1.90 picnls;
is. 29.609 to 50,21
50,971 picul
to 68,435
CM
sleeper
35,043 to 182,28-1 pieces; anclassifed "call 2.807 Lp. Ek HK. Tis. materials
Et to Tls 44.708; saftwood, 8, 988,881 $9. 2,404,006 sq: It; hardwood 4.818
Chinese sundries show- sup. it.
of Chia- ed a distinct advance in respect of
milled
Hour, which went from $1.783)
and piculs to 26,177 piculs Skins. however, diminished in all classifications. Experts in exports cement decreased
CILISIC
be- by 20 per cent. the principal ing that there was absolutely as move- ment from the interior in the last quarter of 1924 Kailan coal decreased for a similar reason from 2,000,000 tons in 1927 to less than 1,500,000 in 1924.
fow Tientsin. Imports-There were
Auctuations the imports of foreign
cotton goods in 1924.
grades,
Cotton
and flannelettes
About 40 per cent. Japanese
TUESDAY, MARCH 150
A DATE
TO REMEMBER.
| THURSDAY, 2ND APRIL 1925.
by by
cotton yarn
drelined from 119,459 pieuls to 64,778 GRAND CONCERT
The 1929 figure was 101.0
Diculoods, which amounted to
L
IN A or
MISSIONS TO SEAMEN.
591 yards in 1923, ahowed last
last year total of about 4 yards. ice imports: cent. Flour diminished by 150 per decreased slightly, but still remains 300 per cent. above the 1923 level Japanese kerosene cil appeared on the returns for the first time with a figure of 50 American The Band of the East Surreys will
Place "Time
Theatre Royal 915 pm. Prompt.
the
gallura Shanghai milled flour showed a Boteworthy
advance
than Perform the following Delightful from less
picula 1,000,000
Programmo :- 500,000 pica's Asbestos appeared for the first time in
1-OVERTURE....Tanubaiser........ period with 3 piculs. three year
Wagner
Wagn37
increase,
exported in the last quarter of the year.
086, 44-ALLEGRO MODERATO ...(S)(1). showed a Carpets
a million sq. ft. repeating the increase récorded in 1993 The total exported in 1924 amounted to
Ansell
Export-In exporta zine (spelter) PI-RIDE OF THE VALKYRIES... (Walkürenritt) peared for the arst time in the three year period with 1.017 piculs, all of which was BALLET MUNG... The Shop
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Tichorkowsky 5.514,193 sq. ft. Yellow raw silk (noture ALLEGRETTE SCHERZANDO...Sth Symphony
Besthoven appeared reeled and not steam flatured) for the first time in the three year period 6-Strz......Scenes Neapolitains...... Afesional with 168 catties..
7-SELECTION. The Marty of Antioch ...Sullivan imrts-Chintz and cotton Amy
.......Docker prints appeared in the 1991 returns for --MALCHE AUX PLAMBEATK
Sibelius the first time in the three year period Tonz For......Finlandia..............
63 pieces. with
English plain grey shirtinga
nga declined 100 per cent, whereas In the Japanese variety advanced nearly 300 in 1924 exported twice
per cent.
as many shirtings of this grade to Amoy
as Great Britain. In 1923 England's excess over Japan was
increase
japating
is
four times shows that back to her position in 1921-1029 Aniline dyes declined from Kk. Tis. 88,514 to Hk. Tis. 31,861. Ame rican kerosene oil (in tias) leaped from #73,850 2,501,455 American gallons, and in bulk from 314,197 to 1,334.958 American gallons.
However, the last figure is still 400,000
American gallons short of the
Sumatra ker oil
kerosene 1922
1924 being
ported
in tins to Amoy, the figure being 15.000 American gallons. Sumatra kerosene oil in bulk is heading for a
a milion American gallons, hriving shown almost a two-fold increase over 1923. Shanghai four topped the 100,000 piculs mark, having advanced from 60,000 picuis,
now
Exportz-Brick and tiles. went from 500,000 pieces to well over 1,000,000 pieces, and, through the native customs, bricks showed an advance from 2201,131 to ,172,545 pieces. Native strawbraid also showed an enormous increase in the na- tive customs reports from 7,074 pieces to 94.673 ptrees.
Hemp fibres now occupy
a respectable place on this list of exports, the 1994 gure being 5,775 picula. Only four peuls were shown in 1922.-Thr Chinese Bemonric Bulletin.
HONGKONG SHARE MARKET. CLOSING QUOTATIONS.
MARCH 30TH, 1925. Hongkong and Shanghai
Banks
$1,290/1935.
745b. 1665 a. ex dir. $256 b. 354 b. ex div. Steambonia...$37) nom. »
Canton Insurance Hangrong Fire Insurances Union InsurancOS 10. Douglas Steamships. ΕΚ
1.
Sugarbined) Chine
$69k nom Tus. 2653 Langista Kowloon Whares
127-1 .....195. Docks...
....... 126 Dom Docks Hotels
- 16 5. Hongkong lands... Humphreys Estates $204 us.
Th. 12 nom. Two Mills Cements (combined)......
130 nom China Lights (combined)...$24 nom
(old) $16) b. Provident
{(new) 89.40 1.
Dairy Farma
Electrics
ELK. Bapes (combined)
Watcoun
. $97
makeben
ME 366. 30
nom.
$20 b.
н
Peak Trate (all)
Constractions
China Buses
Tls. 124 b. buyers, sellers; så—sales.
If men are taught day in and day out that Capitalism is the source of all their troubles how can they be expected to sit down with their employers to discuss their inevitable grievances in a reasonable way. -Mr. Neville Chamberlain,
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addition Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Bowes-Smith and Mr. D. M. Richards will assist.
SUZUKI & Co., Ltd
Sola Aganta.
LECTO
SAKURA BEER
Tel Central 484, 468. China Building, 1st Floor.
SAIGON RICE MARKET.
Jenkyn," he stars
protoplasms whirling thro
of dust. We both have offi
joys, and it's up to us to do a goo
we can."
Then he puffed some fragrant Kensi smoke, and said: "You did your good turn "Yes, Jenkyns
by introducing Kensitas..." you're right, Kensitas are as good as really good cigarettes can be,”
Kensitas
Manufacturera!
the preferred cigarette
1 WIK & SONS LTD · 1984 PICCADILLY - LONDON' • W. ENG. Wholesale only; DONNELLY & WHYTE, Distributors for Hongkong sat Sedin Chisa, 7 QUEEN'S BUILDINGS. Telephone: Central (35.
Eentyn
Obtainable at Lane, Crawford, Lid. Tabaqueria Fülsins. Graeco-Egyptian
Tobacco Store and all kiga«ÇÜKY Tobacconists,
A: 95 cents
per tin of 50
Mesars. Wm. G. Hale & Co., Ltd., in their circular dated March 16th says:
The market, which was steady and even at a time weak, has saddenly strongly advanced in the very last days of thes fortnight under review. This rise has been principally determined by the fair demand coming from Japan-about 10,000 tons closed in two days, for which owing to a very favourable exchange, it has been possible to quote prices far below the very best hitherto quoted.
Bome business has been effected also with Cuba and Europe, and arrivals of paddy being not very important, the market closes very firm with upward tendency and few sellers at present pricca.
Paddy. Arrivals are just sufficient to cover the immediate requirements. Prices are up, as a very good demand is ex- pected for April-May to fulfil the blank" rice contracts entered into at the beginning of the year.
The Compagnie. de Commerce et de Navigation d'Extreme-Orient of Saigon, in their report dated March 23rd, say:
Since our last report prices have made a fair advance in sympathy with the Hongkong market and also owing to the A certain increasing lack of milling. amount of business has been élosed with Japan but the demand from Europe is slackening The supply of paddy con- tinues to be very regular. The total amount of rice exported from January 1st to March 15th is 243,200,331 tons against 298,354,284 in 1924.
We quote to-day. White Saigon rice, No. 2 sifted, Japan quality, Hongkong $8.03 per pical, Lo.b. Saigon, £0.14.3 per picul, f.ob. Saigon, yea 833 per picn 15.b. Saigon, for March-April shipment,
ARE WE RIGHT
în believing that there is a Movie Publie in Hongkong that is mainly interested in News Films ?
We believe there is and are starting on Monday Next from 12 to 2 our
P
M
IDDAY
OVIES
Consisting almost entirely of news pictures. We haye Topical Budget, Gaumont Graphic International News, Pathe's British and American News and B.AT. Topical to draw" прод There will be exactly one hour's programme - and, as every film will be shown twice, you can drop in any time between 12 and 1 and see a complete show,
Admission 40 cts.
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STAR THEATRE
To-night, at 9.15 p.m.
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