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THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. SATURDAY, JANUARY 7th, 1928.
P. AND O. ANNUAL
MEETING.
£250,000 MORE ON
· PASSAGE EARNINGS.
FEW VOYAGES LEAVE A CREDIT BALANCE.
*
OFF AMHERST ROCKS.
GALLANT RESCUE
ATTEMPT.
JAPANESE FISHERMEN IN
DISTRESS,
CHINESE.
SHANGHAI, Jan. 3rd.
TRADE WITH CHINA.
LANCASHIRE TEXTILE
GOODS.
FIGURES FOR 1080 AND 1927.
Mr. Douglas Hacking (Secretary to the Overseas Trade. Depart- ment), in reply to Sir Walter de Frece (C., B.nekpeal), stated in
recent months, there has beer a alight recovery in the exports of Lancashire, textile goods to China and Hong Kong Iron the low level 1990 reached in the second quarter of
Forcefial opinions on trade and BRITISH OFFICER AND FOUR the House of Commons that it olher matters were expressed · by Lord Inchenge, the chairman, at the annual meeting in London of shareholders in the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Varigation Cons pany. Among these were
SAFEGUARDING Ispustniks
OF
The gullas deed on Friday night of the Las Lee Sang, and four of Mr. E. V. Hishop, Chief Otheer Chines
quartermasters, to
added to the list of intrepid feats ACT-Fatuous and ruinous. to the credit of maritime men, who TRADE UNIONS--The Tenders have faced the dangerous waters áf present effort to secure peaceful the mouth of the Yangtze In methods is extremely gratifying.ale they were lowered from the
NATIONALISED
shipside in a lifeboat, and rowed Bivas. So to the rescue of tec cialist plan to raid the nation's men, who sent up signals of distress Japanese Ashe?« credit
from their moter launch, which was being haffetted by the storm and a strong ebb side. The fisher- meht would not leave their vessel owing to the heavy currents and high waves and the gallant mon had to make their way back to their vessel Here their "lifeboat surashed against the hull of the vessel and they were thrown into the raging sea, but fortunately all were rescued, being none the worse for their adventure, except for the drenching they received.
EMPIRE FREE TRADE-Would do away with unemployment.
PASSENGER Fangs-in" some in. sinnces, first-class charges were under a mile-cheaper than railway or charabane.
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New 19,000-Ton Liner." Turning to the affairs of the P. & O. Company the Chairman Announced that they had under Construction a steamer of about 10,000 tons, capable of 10 knots. The greatest possible consideration
The Lee Sang, commanded by hund en given to her passenger į Captain W. R. Bateman, accommodation, looking to the fact hound for Shanghai., and had that more comfort and more luxuri reached a point between Fairway ous arrangements were constantly Buoy and Amherst Rocks. demanded She was to be tarbó- electric driven, which, it was Lieved, would give a complete absence of vibration.
First-Class Prices. He said that, although passage. earnings had advanced by £250,000, very few Voyages left д credit
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Fishing Launch. Afra. Captain Bateman was at dinner, when the lookout sang out that be siwn ship ca fire. On approach- distressed men were trying to t Ing clover it could be seen that the traet their attention and it appears that the crew of the launch had set are to a portion of tingir vessel na
ignal of distress. On the other hand the shep may have caught fire, to within a safe distance, Captain When the Zee Sung had steamed Bateman ordered the crew to drop the anchor. It was but a moment until he had gathered four quar termasters, officered by the first officer, to the lifeboat on the port
fra lance There had been, for various reasons, a shortage of cargo to and from Ladia, China and Australia. Comparing the cost of hrst-class steamer travel with that af hotel life ashore, he put the hotel charge at £ daily and said that, after deducting that, they found the cost of a first-class voyage to and from Bombay worked nut at 1. a mile; to Singapore_end Sydney under d, and to Hong Kong and Yokohama under a ball-difficulty in the heavy son and it They were lowered away with
penny a mile.
side.
was only with great skill on the The Australian Lines: A Denial. part of the men in the lifeboat that He denied the statement that the they renebed the water without company owned all the shipping wrecking the bout They had the miling between Britain and Aus advantage of bedug lowrfed on th Imlin. Not one of the lines with 16e side and the clang tide, run- which he had been associated hadi xaos per hour, was of ever attacked the trade of any com- great assistañer pany or any man. If thetaselves attacked, they had always fought, and if need be, they would fight again.
Dividends,
Although the P. & were not doing so well for the time being as they could wish, he hoped that whom they mat next year the beard would be able to recommend moderate dividend.
The report was adopted: A dividend was declared of per cent. on the Preferred stock, less income tax, and 3 per cent, on
Assistance Declined.
He ismed the following statement showing the exports of Hong Kong registered in each| cotton piece-goods to China and
month since January, 1926:-
1020. January February March April
May
July
August
"September
October ... November December
1027- January
Quantities. Declared Thow and values.
aq, yds. 19,372 93,623 $35,139 19,529 711,930
159,731
16,612 508,860 10,359 338,113
13,713 300,049
11,450 438,-188
18,503
700,963
13,207
401,386
February March April
11,982
-109,261 9,104 331,403 8,689 334,212
16.577 766,057 13,032 675,246
Mar
16,002 3,966 3,919
400,000
June
199,008 163,171 5,639 180,90-1
July
5,501 206,321
August
September October
0.671 $20,973 4,980. 236,328 7,529
933,490
THE BOXER INDEMNITY TO FRANCE. PAYMENT FROM CHINESE MARITIME CUSTOMS.
The Hong Kong Agency of the Banque Franco Chinoise writes:-
having effected the second payment "The Chinese Maritime Customs for the half year, 1927, on the Boxer Indemnity, the coupons No. 6, the bonds drawn on December 1st. 1997, of the 5 per cunt, Gold Loan, 1995, will be redeemable on the 13th inst. through our Agencies."
HONG KONG STOCK EXCHANGE.
CLOSING QUOTATIONS.
JANUARY OTH, 1998. By almost superhuman efforts A.K. Back.....$1,165 buy., 1,162) ma they
Do., got alongside the fishing
Londor...£123 com. launch, where they saw the crew
Chartered Bank...........£21 buy. tattling with the elements and the
Marcantile Bank, A. &B...£32) nom. fire. They tried through signs Do.,
G...E14 som. make the understand that they East Asin
P. & 0. Bank.
210 nomi... should leave the launch.
Axia Bank
$71 buy. The Canton Insurance Japanese, it is believed, did not Union Insurance
3590 buy ..$200 buy,, 299 sa. understand. The howling wind North China Ins. Tis. 143 nom. mad it Impossible for verbal com Yangiaze Insurance ...... $48 buy,
unication. Mr." Bishop reiterated Obins Underwriters....$1.95 buy. & se, his notions, but the Japanese China Fire Insurance....3215 nom. would not leave their ship.
Hong Kong Fire ins.......$600 Reluctantly the order was given Douglass $40 om. $40. Steamboste
the Deferred stock, free of anconie to return to the Lee Sung. On Tugela apo bay.
lax..
Curious Things. Earlier in his address the Chairs min Bid:
ВОРОВЕ
the
Many curious things are hap pering, nowadays," he said. "I antier ladies are not to be allowed to get gloves fron Channel unless they are marked mode in France. This, to my mind, is an excellent way of nd- vertising French gloves, aa, if these give satisfaction, the, same kind all undoubtedly be ordered again. The idea seems to be that our pet ple will avoid buying anything of Bereign manufacture if they knowY it.
Bringing It Home To Us. "I don't believe this will hold water for a moment, and if it did, where should we ? We produce nu gold in this country, we pay for our imports by our exports, visible and invisible. If we eenfe to buy, how are we to sell? Trade is an interchange of commodities, and the idea of shutting out for goods is nothing short of fatuous, and if it succeeds it will ruin the general trade of the country.
In the exchanges of civilized, le we must all give a loaf for loaf. The Socialist idea of lunk nationalisation is an impossibility. Money and urodit, like coal, corn; and beer, have their proper uses. These proposals seem to me to have but one object--to raid the nation's credit or the so-called good of the people.
Hint To Dominions.
"It is to be hoped that the side of British migration to British lands beyond the seas may tend to regain its former volume. It would le to the ultimate advantage of our Dominions of their efforts were more directed to their great hinter- Lands and to the development of productive virgin soit than to tr building up of industries in the towns by protective tariffe, which are yearly increasing the cost of living and must eventually impose great hardship.
proaching the ship, the lifedloat was sinished against the Lee Sung sick.
The men were thrown into the
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ARY FORCE.
DETAILS OF SUPPLE MENTARY ESTIMATES.
Papers from Home give further details of the supplementary enti mate for a further Three Million and Ninety Thousand Pounds for the Army for the year ending March 31st, 1929.
This sum was needed for the excess cost involved in the employ-l ment of extra moops in China. which was not providkal in the estimates of the year.
The main additional charges
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-Sea transport, £978,000. -Pay, etc., of members of Section A of the Army Reserve called up to complete the estol- lishment of units, £356,000.
3.-Maintenance of troops sent from India, £124.000. 4.-Purchase of stores, £105,000,
B.-Accommodation at Shang- BABY hai and Hong Kong. £196,000, the year, assued in March last, The original Anny Estimates for were £41,563,000, compared with $2,500,000 vite year before. But
no
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