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THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4th, 1928.
PROSPERITY. IN NEW ATTACK ON CHINESE WOMEN IN CONFIDENCE IN THE
SINGAPORE.
FUTURE:
AMERICA:
CANCER.
GOOD YEAR FORECASTED. DR. SAMBON EXPLAINS HIS HOW RESTRICTIONS HAVE REACTION ON HONG KONG
PLANS.
GONE.
BETTER THAN 1927.
ISLAND STATIONS TO BE OPENED.
BOBBED HAIR AND SHANGHAL DRESS NOW-A-DAYS.
[DY ANDREW W, MELLON.]
During the last year the country has given: unmistakable evidence of the fact that underlying conditions are sound. While there has been some recession in business activity from the high-levels of 1926, the country has proceeded along normal lines and great progress has been made even in the face of several adverse circumstances.
Certain factors which exercised a deterrent influence in 1997 may be expected to disappear in the com- ing year. For instance, the decline in the automobile industry, with a resulting effect on the steel, indus- try, was due to special causes, such as a temporary curtailment of out- put in automobile production. The normal expansion of these major industrice, which may reasonably be
By the decision of the life of The-gradual but complete change Man medical authorities to recom-in the attitude of the Straits Chi-
tend that a sit be given on the island for a special research station, the war against cancer has every prospect of entering on new phase,
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The new station will be in charge of Dr. Louis Sambon, the expert in tropical diseases, who has long been convinced that the cancer pro blem will yield to an investigation carried out on the lines that have proved so muccessful, in the treat ment of tropical diseases--the con- nection between the disease and the conditions accompanying it.
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Already in isolated cancer cases this method his proved successful, Dr. Samben elnims, and he is con- fident that research on these lines,
nese towards English education for girls has been one of the most im portant social developments in the Colony during the last half century, and Miss Sophia Blackmore, whe leares Singapore this week on re- and after over forty years service tirement, in her seventy-first year in this country, can look back to the earliest beginnings of that move monta, enys the Straits Times.
SHARES.
MONEY BEING INVESTED READILY.
MESSRS. BENJAMIN & POTTS WEEKLY REVIEW.
In their weekly report on the Hong Kong Share Market, dated resterday Messis. Benjamin & Potts state that the past week has had the distinction of being one of
for some time past. This can be the brightest in the Stock Exchange accounted for by the fact that the general public views the possibili ties of the immediate future with When Miss Blackmore first arrived greater confidence," and are invest- in Singapore in July, 1987, the status ing their money readily, not and scope of a daughter in a local eagerly. A large volume of busi Chinese household were very much what they had always been in the civilisation of China,
Aess has been done, and prices. generally are higher all round.
Hong Kong & Shanghai Banks Mias Blackmore recalls that Chi- were bought to a fair extent up to nese mothers sometimes laughed in $1910. The London price has p her face when she suggested that vanced to £139 (middle). Unions expected from now on, should have carried out in a circumscribry? their daughters should attend the were dealt in at $301, and more
A favourable effect, on business in
1929.
All of these circumstances justify us in the belief that we may look forward to continued progress in the year ahead.
Leading business men of America, contributing to the annual sym posium of business forecasts.com piled by the Associated Press, and almost unanimous in the belief that fundamental economic conditione
area, is the most promising line of
attack.
Every Facility.
The Medical Society of the Isle of Man has passed the following resolution, and sent it to Dr. Saai- bon:-
small schoots which had been start-
ed in shophouses in Telok Ayer and can be priced at this figure. Can- Short Street, We do not want onr tons were bid' up to 8010. Under daughters to cara thould we send them to school!"
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.Time's Revenge.
Hong Kong, Canton & Macao Steamboats were marked higher at Indo-Chinas (Preferred)
advanced to
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Time has worked its revenge, however, and the very women who $61. were amused at the spectacle of have strengthened and buyers are Chinese girls setting off to school now offering 86 Douglases have of Man Medical Society, having those girls imparting to their own That the members of the Isle with their books have lived to sce heard Dr. Louis Sambon's lecture grandchildren
a buying rate cf. 841, the of December 4th, 1997, on, his in- which had once seemed so futile,
instruction, Waterboats were supported and.
rose to $181. vestigations made in the past and
Kowloon Wharves Old Prejudice Gone. are sound and that 1999 holds 'pro- causes of cancer, wish to express his plans for the study of the
have been ruling strong with sales The old prejudice has gone al-made at $136/137. mise of increased prosperity. Re- their confidence in the man and his most entirely, and there is now t
Whampoa Docks presentatives of the steel, copper,thods," and join with Sir Wors keen desire among the Straits are firmer with sales reported up
Simpson and other distinguishei Chinese for the education of their to $48. automobile lumber, electrical and dentists on his committee in re-
aughters Incidentally, the effect China Providents were favoured motion picture industries, bankers, commending to the people of the of these English girls schools in and railroad men all look, for better Dr. Sambon every facility (both in riculum, upon the ancient Chinese quantities up to $6.50, Hong Kong
Isle of Man that they should give Singapore, with their madera car again, and were
done in large times next year. The only note of money and otherwise) to carry on
custom of polygamy is one of the & Shanghai Hotels after having pessimism comes from the oil and hia, investigations in the island.”
most patent factors which a future student of social history in the touched 881, have cased off to $8.40. coal industries, still suffering from
In addition, Dr. Sambon has re Straits will have to take into ac- Hong Kong Lands fetched $03. the "evila of overproduction.
ocived notice from the health au count. To-day it is not unusual. The Secretary of the Treasury they are prepared to give him thorities in the Isle of Wight that expresses the belief that certain every facility and assistance should factors which exercised a deterrent he undertake research work there, and after attaining the same educato a considerable extent at 804 27. Mackintosh was in his 44th
influence in 1927 may be expected to disappear in the conuing year, pointing out that the country has given anmistakable evidence of the fact that underlying conditions are sound.
Copper,
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while invitations to lecture on his methods have reached him from Westmorland and Newcastle.
year ago by
cancer
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her own husband and announce her preys Estates were placed up to for a Straits Chinese girl to choose thing with buyers at 8054. Hum engagement in the Western fashion, 8151. Realtys have changed hands
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OBITUARY.
Mr. George A. R. Mackintosh, MR. GEORGE MACKINTOSH,
whose death at Bangkok was recent le announced, was the heir to the Mackintosh, and grandson of the chiefship of Clan Chattan. He was late Eneas Mackintosh of Daviot, the second son of the late Alexander..
tional standards as the man of her clinice she is very unlikely to allow
$8.80. the old Teni and Tsip
year, was unmarried, and is sur problema to make its appearance.
Hong Kong Trams, following the Alexander Mackintosh, who is farm- vived by a younger brother, Mr. Social And Economic Changes.
announcement of a Goal dividend ing in Rhodesia. The eldest brother. Miss Blackmore bas seen changes
During her time in Singapore upwards to $274, but closed easier to the Antarctic, and lost bis life of 50 cents per share, have moved was Mr. Encas Mackintosh, who accompanied Sir Ernest Shackleton
MR. G. O. JACK.
The decisions taken by the Isle of Man and the Isle of Wight and the invitations from Westmorland and Negenetle are naturally great source of satisfaction to me, Dr. Sambon said to the Sunday in the social and economic status with sales reported at 827. Stor on the strand expedition The copper industry is on a sound Times. They are the outcome of Chinese girls which are almos: Ferries have been sold at the im the appeal made in the Press just revolutionary. Forty years 450 proved rate of $67. China Lights bags and extends promise of A little more than
the amount of freedom outside the greater prosperity during 1928 than the Tropical Disease Prevention the fair sex was very small indeed, are now enquired for at $17.33, household which was conceded to (Combined) have ruled firm and it has known since the war, in the Association for initiating a, cam-
When a Chinese woman of socia! Hong Kong Electrics, on the an opinion of Cornelius Kelley, Presi-paign against dent of the Anaconda Copper Com- epidemiological and parasitological she did so in a closed carriage; if nouncement of a new issue in the
standing went out into the streets pany Eugene G. Grace, President) of the Bethlehem Steel Corporation, "Cancer, I believe, will very with the apron of the vehicle:
she used a ricksha she had her face proportion of one bonus share to points out that stability at higher probably yield up its secret to the To-day Chinese girls are teachers, every two at present held, advanced leves in the price structure ac method of investigation that has rurses, and typists, and are study from $70 to 8771, but later on re counts in large measure for the proved so successful in tropical ing at the College of Medicine, and lapsed to $74. owing to profit improved sentiment in the steel diseases. In three diseases again they will form a good percentage taking in places. Hong Kong Tele- and again it has been possible to of the students at Raffles College. enfeet together, the cause of the disease and the disease itself by a study of their natural history in the field, and there are indications that cancer will yield to this very line of attack,
industry.
Oil.
Lines...
girla has also changed greatly eince Peak Trains (New) came to business The dress of Straits Chinese phones were booked up to 84.40. the early days of Miss Blackmore's 21 861.
me here. At that time the young girl had her head shaved halfway Green Island Cements (Com and the mainder of her hair was bined) tied in a rent plust and smoothly $112/12 Hong Kong Ropes at
were put through codlesk. Her dress usually consisted
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Not since the Cushing field in 1914 and 1915 have crude oil prices remained down for so long as they have now, and the prospects do not indicate an upward revision in the near future, asserts W. C. Teagle,
We know that certain forme of President of the Standard Oil Com enneer came into being as the re pany of New Jersey. Alfred P.sult of the parasitism of various
loan; jr., President of the General tiny worms which attack these or-andals on her feet. Now it is far New, mark another rise. Dairy of the surong and kabaya, with 9 for the old and a for the
bord-breaking automobile produc fast accumulating. tion in 1928.
Motors Corporation, looks for re-gans Knowledge of such factors froin uncommon to see neatly boh Farms have further appreciated and
If, as I bed hair in
believe, certain parasites BTC Railways.
common cause, it may and almost Patrick Crowley, President of the certainly would prove possible to New York Central Railroad, anti- eliminate many cases of cancer by opates a prosperous year for the merely suppressing such factors, railroads and. ousinees in general, even though we may not yet be in bar holda out little promise of any
a position thoroughly to under- progress on railroad mergers unt! | stand how they set up the sickness. the present law is charged. There It may well be that we shali it every reason for American find that cancer, while having one agriculture to look forward to the mezifie caus, has, & number of future with high hopes, states different factors-maybe carriers. John A. Bannell, President of the At first we chall be in the dark. Chiengo Board of Trade.
en to how they nét, but we shall have done a great deal if we find
link in the chain.
Edward D. Duffield, Président af the Prudential Insurance Company of America, expects increased pre- duction of life insurance, a reduced Japse rate and lessening cost. With a smaller number of mills and a large consumption per capite, the outlook for the milling industry is regarded as favourable by Thad. I Hoffman, President of the Kansas Flour Mills Corporation.
Theatres, etc.
areas.
Workable Areas,
Lee Shubert, President of the "I am entering on the campaign Shubert Theatrical Company, ex-with more confidence than I have preance the firm conviction that ever entered on any similar cam 1928 will be one of the most pro-paign before. I feel certain that sperous years the theatre has ever the door is only anting to be liad. R. A. Long, Chairman of the Pressed open, anth that
Singapore girls! schools, the Shanghai costume is favoured by the Straits Chinese maidens, and shoes and stockings have replaced the old footwear.
SINGAPORE'S CAT BURGLARS.
ONE ATTEMPTS TO STAB POLICEMAN.
age of 70, of Mr. George Cockburn The death is announced, at the
ago he joined the accountant's de- Jack, long a familiar figure in sub- marine telegraphy. Fifty-one years partment of the Eastern Tolegraph came the accountant to the Eastern Extension, Australalin, and China. Company, and 40 years ago ho he-
Telegraph Co, a position which be held at the time of his death.
M.. FERNAND BENTEAUX.
A high official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, says a message from Paris, has been removed by
and Director of the Quai d'Orsay the death of M. Fernand Berteaux, who was Minister Plenipotentiary
Career abroad was spent entirely in staff and accounts. His diplomatic
tragically sudden. It occurred on China . Berteaux's death was can be placed at $201. have advanced to $121.
December 31st, while he was con- ferring with M. Peycolon, Director Amusemente
of M. Briand's office. are stronger and valuable and.devoted service he bad For the have takers at $271, but there are rendered to the country M. Briand no sellers in evidence. Canton Ices had conferred on him the Cross of have crept up to a buying quota Commander tion of $31. Tug & Lighters were Honour in the New Year promo of the Legion of done at £2.85. Benguets shew an
tions. improvement and are in request st P.2.50.
Watsons
JAPAN'S EMPEROR. 'CORONATION CEREMONIES TO LAST TEN MONTHS.
The market in the North is dis- Linetly better, sales of Ewoe having been made up to The 8. Hongke Wharves touched Tis. 163. Shang- A Chinese housebreaker was een-banced price of The 133, Shanghai hai Lands have buyers at the en- tenced to two years rigorous im-Cotions (Old) are saleable et Tia coronation of the Emperor of Japan It is officially announced that the nrisonment by tire District Judge.
will take place November 10th.
SINGAPORE, Jan. 28th.
TOKYO,
hai Docks have advanced to Tls. 97.
the throne on Christmas Day 1926, but according to Japanese custom the coronation does not take place tall the autumn or winter following
THE DIVIDEND FOR 1997:
ISSUE OF BONUS SHARES.
mourning for the late Emperor, which lasts a year.
"This explains why I welcome Mr. Mudie The accused pleaded 48, New Engineerings have declared the opportunities of the Isle of guilty to a charge of having broken divided of Tia. 0.40 while Shang- The Emperor Hirohito succeeded to Man and the Idle of Wight. Here into a house in Neil rond and are two places where the people are stolen a suit of clothing. He was differenty-the-prevailing climate,scen-elinding down a dicen pipe flora and fauna are different. They and arrested by a police constable HONG KONG ELECTRIC CO. the close of the period of Court are "small, eminently workable on duty outside the house. When accosted by the conetable the accus ed produced a large knife and at-
The coronation will take pace at· empted to stab the policeman, who disarmed him by striking the knife
Kyoto, the ancient capital of Japan, out of his hand with his baton.
and will be preceded by a series Accused had a previous conviction
of elaborate religious rites begin- Long-Bell Lumber. Company, looks epidemiological method is the key the same court with housebreaking be held on March 18th next, the cestors of their secession to the Another Chinese was charged in Hong Kong Electric Co., Ltd., to the spirits of their Imperial an At the general meeting of the Emperor and Empresa will notify sing on January 17th, when the for much better conditions in the to employ. We shall liye to see it into e Havelock Road. He plead Directors will (subject to audit) royal state, lumber industry. Optimistic views proved that animals and planted guilty and was remanded for as so are expressed by Lewis E. parasites have an influence on sentence in order that his record propose a dividend of $2.50 per Pierson, President of the Chamber health and diaram as great as that of Commerce of the United States; of the omnipresent bacterium into the house through a window E. M. Herr, President of the West I should welcome-the doctor and stole cash and jewellery, to inghouse Electric & Manufacturing added if one of the Channel moving the keys with which he un Company Irenee Du Pont, Chair Islands could be included. In that locked the box containing the man of the Board of the E. 1. Du case I should secure the help and jewellery from under the pillow on Pont De Nemours Company, and co-operation of the Institut which the occupant of the house several others-Exchange.
Pasteur.Sunday Times,
was sleeping at the time
the
for theit.
might be examined.
He climbed
The ceremonies
include the
ahere for 1927 and the issue as a bonus of 150,000 fully paid shares sacred treasures brought to earth transportation to Kyoto of the on July Jat, Joe, in the proportion from heaven by the gods who of one mare, to every two held in founded the Japanese throne. the Company.
The new issue of shares will rack but the claborate ceremonies mark Japan's rulers are not crowned, for-dividend as from the date of ing the acccsson Are, for conveni
ence, eslled the coronation.