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NATURALIST'S
"
NOTE-BOOK IN CHINA
Some Press Reviews
A.P.3.
MR. Sowerby's book will bring to every inquirer in
compact form a better knowledge of the wonders of nature which surround him, and which can be 'studied to some extent even in his garden or by the suburban roadside.
There is much to be learned yet of the zoology (and botany) of the Chinese territories. Mr. Sowerby sketches this aspect, referring to the number of new discoveries made only recently, and the need for further investigation in all districts. Hongkong Telegraph.
TEIS
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book will prove a valuable addition to the library of any resident in the Far East, especially in North "China. Not only is it an extremely handsome volume" containing many fine photographs of the flora and fauna of this great land, but also it gives much information which the naturalist or sportsman in China cannot afford to be without.-Shanghai Sunday Times.
"A Naturalist Note-Book in China" by Arthur de C. Sowerby, F.B.GS., FZ.S., published in Shanghai by the North-China Daily News al 38 per copy Shanghai Currency, postage 30 Cents.
CAMMELL LAIRD & Co., LTD.
Controlling THE LEEDS FORGE CO., NEWLAY WHEEL CO., EIG
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HONGKONG ELECTRIC RC.
NEW SWIMMING BATH 'OPENED.
commodation.
THE RUBBER MARKET · AND
STOCKS.
MR. W. D. CAMPBELL ON THE
POSITION..
stocks.
NEED FOR STABILITY.
On Saturday evening the members of the Hongkong Electric, Recreation Club opened their now open-air swimming bath at North Point There was large
Mr. W. D. Campbell, who presided at attendance of members and friends, as
the annual meeting of the Rubber Grow- well as visitors from other dufs.
The swimming bath, which is situated era Association (Incorporated), held in near the Ming Yuen Gardens, and is London recently, dealt with the posi filled with fresh water running from the tion of the industry and the question of hillside, is the old one enlarged and
According to a report in the Financial much improved. Now it is some Bity feet in length and provides adequate ac-Times, he said that it was 19 years since the association was formed; the member- ship to-day was 1,039, and the issued capital of the constituent companies total- led over 90 millions sterling-eloquent figures of a powerful organization. They had seen during 1993 many violent fluctua tions in the pries of rubber, which was most unsatisfactory alike to producers and consumers. As a result, the Pross had been flooded with letters suggesting various panaseas for getting rid of such fluctuations; but he was afraid most uf the correspondents were not in touch with the market and did not realize that. in the rubber trade, as in all trades, there were many ramifications not present to the minds of those outside.
To celebrate the opening of the bath an open air concert was arranged, after which there was dancing.
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Among those who contributed to the concert programme Greenaway, Mrs. Watt, Mr. C. E. Gahagan and Mr. S. J. Squire. much appreciated item of the enter tainment was the amusing sketch "The pro Author, the Actor and the Victim" duced by Mr. 4. N. Lucey, and which was presented by the following:-
The author, Mr. G. G. Thompson; the actor, Mr. A. F. Paul; the victim, Mr A. N. Lucey.
Dance music was rendered by the Saxophone Ensemble.
The accompanist for the vocal contri- butions was Mrs. H. M. McTavish. The Ubique Amateur Orchestra which ren-
It has to be remembered that there was dered the selections during the concert was under "the conductorship of Mr. D. a rubber market in Liverpool and Londog S. Hill. Lighting effects were well along before plantation rubber was thought ranged by Mr. G. G. Thompson..
HONGKONG AMUSEMENTS.
of, and while it was true that alterations and modifications in the terms had been- made, to meet the needs of plantation rubber, the fact still remained that it was an old-established trade, and that care had to be taken lest by ill-considered A varied and attractive series of action, with a view to charging condi picture programmes are being offered tions, "harm might result instead of bene- by the Hongkong Amusements, Ltd., atat. He was hopeful that if, as seemed the Queen's and Star Theatres this week.
there
THIS WEEK'S PICTURE PROGRAMMES.
THE QUESTION OF STOCK.
At the Queen's Theatre yesterday probable, they saw in the future some was a First National screen collaboration among producers in the production, Classifed," which stars marketing of their produce they might. Corinne Griffiths in Eda Ferber's well thereby arrive at greater stability in price known story, Supporting her are Jack Mulhall and Charles Murray, both out than had been possible, in the past: to win the favour of Baks Comet the small nds" girl in a newspaper office. The picture will be shown again to-day. To-morrow and Wednesday, Florence Vidor and Edmund Lowe appear in Barbara Frietchie," a tale of the
and North
South trouble between America, and adapted from the well known poem by Whittier. In the film Barbara Frietchie is not the gray haired old lady of the poem, but the young and beautiful Barbara Frietchie of Clyde Fitch's play.
From Thursday to Saturday, the prin cipal attraction will be a comedy by Paramount entitled "The Night Club," which stars Raymond Griffith. It is a most amusing picture. Raymond Griffith won his reputation as the man who "first introduced the silk hat to the movics."
STAR THEATRE.
I
UBEN
CINEMA
·SUPER
TO-DAY ONLY
FIRST NATIONAL
PRESENTS
CORINNE GRIFFITHS
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THE ORCHID OF THE SCREEN
CLASSIFIED
JACK MULHALL
WITH
AND
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CHARLES MURRAY.
TO-MORROW
"BARBARA FRIETCHIE "
FLORENCE. VIDOR
THE STAR
TO-DAY AT 6.30 & 9.15
CLAIRE WINDSOR
"FOOLS FIRST."*
"
100
WITH
AND EDMUND LOWE.
On the question of rubber stöcks it appeared to him that a great many people HONGKONG STOCK EXCHANGE looked at the question from an entirely, wrong-perspective. Because they saw the stocks of rubber in London rising in re- cent months they spoke and wrote as if it was a danger spot, whereas the increase was to his mind a very satisfactory fea- ture.
According to reliable estimates, the total consumption of rubber in 19 was fully 550,000 tons, or about 1,700 tons per day, so that the present London stock represented only 10 days' supply-still a very low figure if they were to have stability in the market. In 1924 rubber bad dropped to as low as 3d per Ib. while in December last year they had ex perienced the high price of 4s 6d. per 1b. Now the Steveason scheme itself was not responsible for these fuctuations, as the
CLOSING QUOTATIONS,
Juan 5ra, 1920. Hongkong Bank.. $1,100 boy., 1,105. Da London........#By nom. Chartered Bank... BOL Mercantile Bank, A. &B... nom. ......log non,
Do.
*-.*Wou_167**
D.
P. & 0. þánk East Asia Bank
Scio bus
buy. ...$1.80 20m. Canton Insurance.............. China Underwriter. North Chua Insurance T. 145 mom.
3205g buy. & sa. 837) bay. · Union Insurance ....... Yangtze Insurance China Fire Insurance ....................$iou buy.
First, starring Claite Windsor and power of regulating releases, which were IIe insurance".. $370 buy.
At the Star Theatre, Kowloon," Fools Richard Dix, was shown yesterday and will be repeated to-day. The Slm, which is a Marshal Neilaa production, released through the First National, is a melo dramatic romance dealing with a young forger and a girl who undertakes his re formation. There is plenty of excite. ment and also plenty of comedy.
To-morrow and Wednesday, "Serenade," another First National picture will be screened. Shown
at the World Theatre last week, it is being screened in Kowloon in response to "requests by patrons there. The film is an adaptation of the Spanish drama "Maria del Carmen" by Jose Filzy Codina.
A notable success of last year, "His People," starring Rudolph Schildkraut, a new artiste to Hongkong, will be shown at the Star from Thursday to Saturday.
FUTURE ATTRACTIONS.
Future attractions include the showing of the big picture "The Lost World" at the Queen's next Sunday. During next week also "The Dixie Handicap,' will be sbowa.
BANK RETURNS.
THE STATEMENT FOR MAY. The returns of the average amount of Bank Notes in circulation and of specie in reserve in Hongkong, during the month of May, as certified by the Managers of the respective Banks are:--
Banks. Chartered Bank of
Average Specia Amount in Reserve.
India, Australia
based on price, was placed primarily in the hands of the buyers.
It
rubber
HAK, O. & Steamboate Hongkong Tugs. Indo-Chinas (XEL) A SATISFACTORY YEAR
Do. (Dat), The past year had been a satisfactory Shell Transports
Waterboats. one to producers and to manufacturers Star Forras.... also, not only in this country but in America; but in dealing with naber-pro- China Sugars.
Malabon bugars Bengnuts.. ducing companies the measure of profits
Kaise Mining Ad.... must be taken over a period of years. was only too often forgotten or not ap-
Do. (single) preciated by those outside the industry Langkats (combined)
Shanghar Mixplorations. that from the initiation of a
Shanghai plantation six or seven years must elapse before any commercial crop could be
Banks..... harvested, and that tho trees did not Tronoh Minas arrive at full maturity until at the age Ural Carpiani of 10 years or more. The barren years HK. & K. Wharis.. until the trees became revenue-producing HK. & W. Docks, must, therefore, be taken into account, Hongkews... in addition to the risks connected with a tropical industry. In the case of an aver age company, if they divided profits over a period of years dating from the com- mencement of operations, the result would not be so fantastic as some people tried "to make out.
CONQUERING LEPROSY.
LOADS
New Engineering Shanghai Deaks...
Hotels
bay.
$žu nom.
$46 nom.
buy. 882 bay. $15 nom.
bay.
405 nom $1
171002.
244 zel T. 12 buy. Tis, & nom.
35 nom ..65%. nom. ..8/. nom.
buy
5179 buy.
" 5.90 nom.
B
...69 buy. $5 boy. nom.
Hongkong Lands....... Hongkong Realtys (ap.) H.K. Territorials (f.p.)....... Humphreys
Estales.... Prince's Building....... Rural Landa
Ewo Cattona severimärk Orientalstrass
1800 ROEL
27 non.
„Tis. 9f buy. '
Tis. 3 nam.
Bhanghai Cottons (old), 63 buy,
Do. (де).. Amasements
(فلم)
The report of the British Empire" Leprosy Belief Association states that
Cements (combined)..... leprosy was formerly regarded as incur. Canton Ices able, but recent researches have led to
No. the discovery of methods of treatment
10.
(now) which, if given at a sufficiently parly China Buses. stage, cause the disappearance of all Chins Lights (combined) .....$184 som
Do. (old)... zigns of the disease... It is now certain that leprosy can be eradicated from any
country where adequate arrangements China Providents... are made for the proper treatment of all Constructions.......
and China. $14,309,823 $ 5,300,000 persons contracting the disease. Hongkong and
Shanghai Bank-
ing Corporation 47,539,870 38,000,000 Mercantile Bank of
1,408,149 India, Limited
580,000 $
THE
TO-DAY A 5.15 & 9.15
WORLD
JANE NOVAK and LEWIS STONE
"THE ROSARY."
IN
EXCHANGE RATES.
[BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE}
RUGBY, June 4th.
Paria
Brussels
Amsterdam
Berlin Copenhagen Vienna Helsingfors Lisboa-......
Buenos Aires Shanghai
Yokohama
New York Geneva
Milan
Stockholm
Oslo
156
169
12.10
20.4-4
18.39)
34.44)
193
0.17/39
452
2/11
1/113/16
· 4.80.9/16
£5.12
1291
19.17
22.09
Prague
164)
Madrid
32.241
-Rio
7.17/32
Bombay
1/5.31/32
Silver (spot & forward)
30.1/16
"HONGKONG METECHOLOGICAL
REGISTER.
Hongkong Observatory, June 8the
Previous On Dato On Date
at Day nt
jat 2 pm 6 mm. j. 3. p.m.
Barometer Temperature
99.80
29.90 29.89
78.
74
Humidity
74
69
Wrad Direction......
Farte
ESE
Weather...
о
O
Bain
骨
0.001 0.00
0,00
Highest open-air, Temperature on 5th Lowest open-air Temperature on 6th
HONGKONG TIDE TABLE,
From June 7th to 13th, 1926, HIGH WATEL,
Jayant
Height,
ནུཕསྟབས་
LOW WATER.
H'kong.
Standard
Time.
TIE. 28 bay.
$11 nom.
Hrong.
$7) 1020.
Standard
Time.
$13 nom.
$3 nom.
Th. 10.90 nom.
h.mini
it bay.
$5.80 buy..
nom
Mon
Taen.
Wed.
77 105 8 m
7334 9 '87 49
8 562 4 8 98-18
0 48
64m
1 48 1.21
19 35:
10 buy, Z411245
San!
10 50 Thur. 10 m 8 47 Fri. 118 17
Satur 12
15 m
8 48
im 8
10 18
„$10g bay,
Do (now)
7.20 bay. $il nom
20 noz
$121 bay..
Dairy Farm
sol Der & Wing (4.p.)
7) wel. Hongkong Bectric $65 bay, 65/65 Marzo Electric
W/ 1024. K. Developmental sta K. Hopes joumbined).... $$30 BL Do. (old)...... $10 sal Do. (DOW).
Ethyl estere, obtained from the oil from the ripe seeds of the Southern Indian tree, have been used for & treatment, but it has been found that the pure oil from the ripe seeds of the tree is as efficacious, and it is therefore poss- Total „.................... 869,317,952 843,850,000ible to obtain the treatment at one-tenth Hongkong Tramwaya ...12410
the former cost. In addition Sterling Securities de- "posited with the Crowe Agents things are expected from the combination Peak Trama (old)
Research is still going on, and great Mackintosh......
Lane Crawforda..
valued at £1,271,200. In addition Securities deposited with of these compounds with certain metals.
the Crown Agents and Straita Contrary to the general belief, leprosy Binceresti Government valued at £4,108,097. is not very infectious, and under good Tax.....
United Asbestos § In addition Securities deposited, with sanitary and climatic conditions infec
the Crown Agents valued aption is practically unknown. The reali Watsons (old)
Wm. Powells
$10 nom. £350,000.
sation that early stages of the disease can The following statement of the securi-be cured has brought for more patients Singapore Tractions
baybayers; sel-sellers; w ties lodged with the Crown Agents by the to be treated, as formerly they never Mercantile Bank of India Limited, cama until the disease had run its course' against their notes in circulation, is pub lished for general information :-
Latest Amount. market price
Security. 54% Treasury Bonds repayable @ 100 in94.“-བ་ £360,000 1011-1021
for about five years: On the lowest rom- putation, there are 300,000 lepera ia. India and other British possessions, and the real number is probably far greater. Favourable reports continue to be receiv. ed of the beneficial results of the new treatment.
Among the causes which are making for sobriety in the nation, 1, give an im portant place to motoring. The Bishop of Durham,
H
ON SALE.
Height
ONGKONG HANBARD REPORTS the of the MEFTINGS of
COUNCIL
LEGISLATIVE Bession 1925.
Bevised by Members.
PRICE
DAILY PRESS OFFION,
for