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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 22ND, 1925
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CHINA'S B CLASS LUXURIES. HONGKONG STOCK EXCHANGE.
HOW PROPOSALS WOULD
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AFFECT JAPAN.”, The list of B class luxurias, submitted: to the customs conference in Peking by China, has an important bearing upon Japan's trade with China since it in clades almost all leading exports from a few articles such as Japan, excepting
cotton yarn, iron, coal and others.
CLOSING QUOTATIONS.
DECEMBER 1ST, 1995. Hongkong Bank $1,000 met. '.
Do London. £120 nom. Chartered Bank........... Mercantile Bank, A. & B.....
P. & O. Bank ................
nom.
O......£1st nom.
£9 ENT, BOL $35 noED. 5800 kom joj buy.
17
¡Mя. 140 BoDX.
3254 nom.. ass bay.
Canton Insurance ........ China Underwriter "North China Insurance. Union Insurance ....... Fangtaza Izanrasca... Japan's export trade with China for Chins Fire Lamarance3160 năm. 1991 amounted to Y.348,398,000, which is Hongkong Fire Insurance.$800 no 1.
Donglates HK a 20 per cent. of the country's entire exports, valued at ¥.1,764,000.000. If Hongkong Tug....... Indo-Chinsa (Pre).
Gk &
&. M. Steambonta
$35 vol.
11013..
38 nou
high tarif rates are imposed on these Da (Def.), London...$55 mol.
exports as luxuries Japan's trade with China will be seriously affected. ་་
Details of exports for China in 1984
follow :-
$43 DOM
$9 nom
Do. Shell Transporta Star Ferrios...ser-ps- Waterbosta
Hongkong$65 sel.
97
7/8 boy.
.381 nom $16 bar
Export for China. Yea
Entire export,
China Bugars
Oriental Navigationa
.3950 nom.
Malabon Bugars
431 mom
Хед
Benguets,
Marine products... 8,888,00% Refined sugar. ...... 7,199,900 Beer
510,577
Canned provisions.
820,089
-7,999,178
Lumber
4,720,344
Soap
9,528,309
Matebes
285,540
2,498,560 Kailan Mining Ad.
29,963,645 Langasts (combined)
(single)
2,192,103 Shanghai Explorations.
Shanghai Loans
13,678,016 Ranbi
3,684,834
9,913,178 Mines,
Ural Caspiana
Silk textiles ......... 2793,114 125,840,492 K. & K. Where Cotton products 137,791,383, 326,557,489 H. & F. Docks Woolen textiles.......
Letton blankets
Hosiery products... 1,044,880
15,578,300 Hongkong Realtys (o.p.)
H.K.
Territorials (f.p.).
25,435,159 Humphreys Ratatos...
12,725,715 Prince's Buildings..
1,379,821 Rural Lands.........
3.235,936 Orientals.
.45/- nom. Tls. Sesh
Tls. 20 now. The 5.45 nom. Tis. 8.no
80
nom.
-том.
..59/-rom.
..8/. nom.
$150 com..
ls. 1673 buy.
7 buy,
宮
TO-DAY.
QUEEN'S Starting DOUGLAS
HIS
FAIRBANKS
IN
ONLY 1925 PRODUCTION
DON Q.
SON OF ZORRO
ELEVEN REELS OF ACTION THAT SURPASSES -
IN
› PREDECESSOR EVEN 1TS SPEED
"THE MARK OF ZORRO, "
SPECIAL MUSICAL SCORE.
ADMISSION
283,750 807,414
Hats
Buttons
1,483,649 $43,511
4,818,179
8,959,158 Hongkong
2,387,371 Hongkawi lipsi... 3,825,891 Now Engineerings. 22,020,460
Docks Shangha H.K. & S. Hotaly (old).. More Cong Lands.
Tis. 114 bay.
..$91
bay,
Dom.
Paper .......
8,032,084
ba
sel.
2.30 p.m.
$1.00
80 cts.
$5.60 buy.
Porcelain
1,853,359
..814 nom.
Glass products
3,140,925
$150
6.15 p.m.
$1.50
$1.00
40 cts.
50 èts.
Wire
316,758
$7 sol.
Steel products
4,028,108
19,803,170 Ewa Cottons
Tis. 104 sel.
7.15 p.ra.
$1.00
80 cts.
40 cts..
Rubber tyres
1,293,007
„TI.. Sà nom.
Machinery
4,619,259
0,639,269 Shanghai Cotions (old)
Tis, 62 rel.
9.30 p.m.
$2.00
81.20
50.cts.
Brushes
490,184
Lamps
1,063,003
Toys
050,701
6,575,503 856,434 8.300,439
Do,
(new)..
Us. 31 eel.
Amusements Csatan Ices, Cementa (combined)
Ching
'Do
Do. (new) Buses Tights (combined) Da Told Da. (309) China Providents (comb.)
Do.
(old)
$15k nom.
now.
(old) (new) ...
.99+ sel.
com.
38.
$1.90 bny.
$173
sel.
$10 com.
$50? com.
50
Refined sugar exports go almost ex- clusively to Chinn, as may be seen from this table. Export soap for China is 70 per cent, machinery 50 per cent, glass manu-China factures 40 per cent, rubber tyres, steal producte marine products and lumber 3 per cent, of the entire export amount of those products-Jupay Advertiser,
DUTY ON CATALOGUES. BRITISH MANUFACTURERS' PROTEST.
Do.. Constructions
Day Farms
Der A Wing (p.)
Hongkong Electricas Macao Electrica
Developments.
H.E.
H.K. Ropes (combined)
Do. (old) Do. (new)
Hongkong Tramways. Lane Crawfords. Mackintoshs..
310 buy.
$7 nom. $15) nom. $18) nom. Tla. 10+ bur ..$20 sol.
.$3 nom.
FOR
YOUR
PLANS FOR THE WHOLE WEEK ARE NOW IN THE BOX OFFICE
BOOK EARLY.
CONVENIENCE
$40 nom.
ets. buy,
..5.40 al.
..$134 rom. .393.com.
$29 sel, 88.
104 bay.
Mr. Godfrey Cheesman. (secretary of the National Union of Manufacturers) has informed the Australian Press. Asso ciation that much irritatier and ill-feel-Peak Trama (old)"
British
Do. (new) (o.p.). ing are being produced in manufacturing and exporting circles Sinceros. through the Commonwealth's imposition Taxis of a duty of 22. every single United Asbestos
Watsons (old) catalogue sent to Australia.
Do. (407) Wm. Powalle....
buy-buyen sellars; sales
ON
$15 buy. .811 Tel.
$ sel.
$14.al
13 sel
$13 sel.
nom-nominal
HONGKONG IMPORTS.
The following notes on the import trade
Numerous representations have been made already to the Minister for Customs (Mr. Pratten) on the subject, but hitherto without avail. Mr. Cheesman points out that the Imperial Conference of 1923 adopted a motion recommending the free admission to all Dominions of catalogues sent by individual firms, but Australia has not adopted the recommendation.are from the fortnightly report issued by. The National Union of Manufacturers the Hongkong General Chamber of Com- freely recognised that the Dominions merce must impose protectionist duties in order to build up its own secondary industries, but it was unfortunate, particularly in view of the union's and other organisa tions' efforts to induco Britain's popula tion to buy imperially, that unnecessary pinpricks like the taxation on catalo gues should be continued.
Cotton Piece Goods and Fancy. Cotton Goods.-Miscellaneous sales have been effected of white shirtings and light cotton fancies since we last reported but the aggregate is negligible in quantity Both Eg sakel and Mid.. Am cotton of 17th instant, prices show appreciable decline, and Liverpool quotation 16.73d. and 9.74d. "Spot" respectively, represent the lowest levels touched this year.
Cotton Yarn.-Quietneas was the pre-
A LAMENT FROM THE ISLE OF vailing feature in the market during the
"
HAINAN,
"What cheer?" we cry on ge ting back
Why look you so unhappy?
Way wring your hands in wild despair? Come tell us! Make it snapgy Has life been treating you so ill? Explain to us this bitter pill!
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Well hearken then, and hear my tale"? The oldest member cries.
And hard it was to hear his news Between his sobs and sighs. "The Bolsheviks are coming here! At any moment may appear!"
Yes, Reds expected any day
In thousands and in millions. To spread disorder right and left, And harry the civilians.
Our business and our trade will stop. ror months we'll have to shut up shop!"
"Our servants all will have to leave,
Our cooking we must.do, We must get good at chopping wood, And drawing water too.
And carry meat home on a string When we return from marketing. "To kill the chickens and the ducka
Will be a brutal task,
For me who hates to hurt a worm) But what to do? I ask.
The wife won't do it, or the daughter! Upon my soul I think she oughter!!
"All day to wear & dirty shirt,
"And garbed in khaki shorts! While Heds frisk up and down the
streets,
And fire off loud reports! My God" He cried it is too bad And foaming at the mouth went mad. NOM SEQUITUR
The total output of the Kailan Mining Administration's mines for the week ending December 5th amounted to 73,19 tons, and the sales to 36;601 tons
fast Fortnight and prices" are weak and declining. Nominal quotations are: No. 109 at 180 to $200, No. 12% at $190 to 3202, No.. 168 at $210 to 215, No. 20% at 8215 to $920. Arrivals nil, shipments nil sales nit, unsold stock 3,000 bales, bar- gains 4,300 bales.
Woollens.--No charge. No business doing, market' dead.
Raw Cottons. There is no change to report.
Metals-Business continues dull, with no enquiry since last report.
Flour-Stock: About 180,000 sacks. Market steady but quiet.
Sundries-Prices are on the low side and likely to advance shortly, Local stocks below average.
ITALY'S DEBT.
WHY BRITAIN CANNOT GIVE SAME TERMS AS U.S.
It is understood that the Italian Debt delegation" (which recently concluded an arrangement at Washington for the pay. ment of the Italian war debt to the United States) will shortly go to Eag land to open negotiations for the pay- ment of the debt due to Great Britain- £653,000,000.
A settlement on the lines of the Italo- American one is expected, with this difference that the percentage of the Italian rate of payment was lowered in Washington, because of the very heavy American protective tariff. These fiscal conditions not obtaining in Great
thus samé. Britain, the Italian claim cannot be quite
Italy's
debt to the United States was reduced in Washington from £427,000,000 to £408,000,000. The interest begins at cighth of 1 per cent. increasing. gradually to 2 per cent. Britain is now repaying the £1,000,000,000 she borrowed from the United States for the Allies" daring the war, the interest being 3 per cent, which rises later to 31 per cent.
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