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A surplus of Summer stocks of
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*
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a pattern in one size but not in another which are unavoidable in a business like this.
These oddments must be cleared--and quickly- hence these big reductions.
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Now $4.00
Од
Monday Tuesday
·And "
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BATHING SUITS
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SOCKS
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Usually sold at$1.50 to $2.25.
NOW $1.00.
STOCKINGS...
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Usually soldat $3.00, $3.50.
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THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, JULY 31st, 1928.
ROUND THE POLICE COURTS.
| "PERLAK" MURDER CHARGE FALLS THROUGH.
AT CENTRAL MAGISTRACY.
Before Mr. R. E. Lindsell at the Central Magistracy yesterday, per mission was asked for the with drawal of the charge of murder against the assistant cook of the
CINEMA NEWS.
THE GOLD COAST," SPAR-
HOWS AND A SPY..
MIDNIGHT ROSE."
"Midnight Rose," which is shew- ing as the Queen's to-day and to orrow, a combination of the romantic and the realistic. Toki
against the colourful background of the Gold Conet in the story of the love of a beautifel cabaret dancer nad the leader of a criminal gang. based on an actual incident wit
3. Pertak. In this ease the Crownnessed there by the author. Kea- alleged that the defendant stabbed neth Harlan and Lea de Pusti, play the cook of the vessel with a knife. will be screened at all perform. the leading roles. "Midnight Rose" The injured man was taken ashore ances to-day but at 230, 5.10 and at Manila and died a few days15 only to-morrow, when Long later. Defendant was then handed Tack Sam and he large company of Chinese vaudeville artists will over to the Hong Kong police commence their Hong Kong season
Mr. Somerset Fitzroy said that of four nights at 9.90 p.m. there had been serious difficulties in advance booking office for the cbtaining evidence to sustain the famous magician's performance is charge. There appeared to be no medical evidence and it was diffi; served for the entire season. The now open and seats may be re.. cals to see how such evidence could prices of admission will be 83, #2 be obtained. Also no one on the ship had seen the cook from the and 81. int tine he was taken asköre,
The defendant was discharged.
A ONE FINGER SIGN.
A hawker who was charged with causing obstruction by depositing goods on the roadway at Pokfulam aiked the Magistrate to overlook the offence as the only warning be reived from the Indian constable who arrested him was the showing of one Anger which he failed to understand. Defendant suggested as the reason for his arrest that the constable wig prevented from aking four cents which he had obtained from a customer.
The constable said that he warned the defendant once and only arrest ed him when he was in the same spot an hour later..
A fine of 83 was imposed
'CHOPPER USED AT MAH
A
JONNG DISPUTE.
former Dockyard employee pleaded guilty to a charge of hounding a coolie of No. 179, Main Street, Shaukiwan, but said he had to defend himself with a chopper when the complainant attacked him with a wooden stool. The man lost his temper on being being told that he was cheating at mah jonng.
The complainant's story was that he was attacked because he refused to hand back money which the de- fendant had lost at the game earlier
in the day.
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The
"Sparrows" At The World. "Sparrows." which will he screened to-day and to-morrow at the World, is a picture of pathes, relieved by the subtle touches of humour for which Mary Pickford in noted. Mary is shown in the de lightful role of a young girl who becomes foster mother to a family of
"eleven human "Sparrows." whose lives are made unbearable through the harehness of the owner of a baby farm. There is a thril ing climax in which the childrer are in imminent danger of falling. from the limb of a tree which over- hangs a swamp, into the waiting jaws of hungry alligators:
Three Faces East," [BY OUR FILM CRITIC:])... "Three Faces East," shewing lo-day and to-morrow at the Stor is a most exciting spy story. It is excellently acted throughout and the tense interest. never relaxes. Jetta Goudal plays the part of a Woman secret service agent and you are not sure until the very end whether he is in the service of Germany or of England. Playing opposite to her is, Clive Brook whose performance is extracrdi. narity empathetic and interesting.
Three Faces Eas" is a picture In a milion and very well worth a visit to the Star.
GREAT OPPORTUNI-
TIES LOST.
CUSTOMS REPORT ON CHINA'S TRADE FOR 1927.
DECREASE OF 560 MILLION
- TAELS.
RESULT OF INTERNAL DISORDER.
trade during 1927, Mr. L. de Luca, In his general review of China's
Statistical Secretary of the Mari- time Customs saya:
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The obstacles which arose to restrict trade as every turn were entirely of domestic origin, and so powerful that the Customs revenue dropped by some 10 million Haikwan taelt, and the
million Haikwan taels below that aggregate value of the country's foreign trade was some 56.8
of 1920. Had silver exchange and the local values of Chinese, pro- duce maintained the same level as in the preceding year, the value of the trade as a whole would have shown an even greater decrease, China was favoured by excellent crops, and her export trade could have expanded to a remarkable degree if he had been able to transport her produce to the seaboard, for shipment abroad, in sufficient quantities and at rea- sonable prices. She could have taken a much greater advantage than he was able to of the failure of the cotton crop in America.
When studying the individual The 1027 results, in fact, repec- Her antimony, tin, and man- collection of each port, the effects | sent an advance of 142 million taels ganese ore, her wood oil, ber silk would have found very favourable
on trade of the various political, over the 1925 figure and of st markets. Unfortunately, difficul-military, and Communistic dis-million taels, over that for 1920. ties and unreliability of trans- turbances are more clearly seen. Whatever may have been the actual portation, increased costs of pre- Taking only the major ports, those volume of trade, the unfavourable duction, and the high prices asked which coffeet annually over, 1 balance in China's foreign trade, as or expected all contributed to discourage the foreign demand. million taels, and speaking in represented by the excess in the With very few exceptions, it may round numbers, we see increases at value of imports over that of ex be said that every treaty port of China had its full share of the tribulations which affected the country in general, and the brief review of the trade of each port during 1997 makes none too cheer ful reading. It is even somewhat monotonour, on account of the similarity of conditions at almost all the ports.
CUSTOMS REVENUE,
The total Maritime Customs re-
Long Tack Sam, Accustomed to "top the Lill" wherever he plays, whether in Lon venue collection in 1997, exclusive don, Paris, Vienna or New York, of the amount collected as surtax the world famous magician, Long Tack Sin with his company of for famine relief, was Hk.Tia Chinese ander workers, will give 08,735.198. This figure represents a season of four nights at the rease of Hk. The 8,387,149 when Queen's Theatre ghile waiting for
Imports Exports. HTI H.Tls. 114,775
1923 ***............ 172,789 1926... 110,978 ...... 297,094
1997
those ports, which were affected in ports, has been reduced to 94.3 a lesser degree, or not at all, by the million taeks, from 256.9 million above-mentioned adverse factors, taels in 1926 and 171.5 million taels and large decreases at those more in 1925 But, at the risk of a severely affected. Therefore, an ¦ tedious-repetition, it must again be increase of Hk.Tla 230,000 is to be emphasised that, given the general- recorded for Harbin, of Hk.Tlaly abnormal conditions" prevailing 103,000 for Antung, of Hk.Tls. in 1927, it is dangerous, not to say 341,000 for Dairen, and of Hk.Tls.impossible, to gauge the volume of 715,000 for Tientsin. Kaochow, on China's trade by the figures which
insignificant decrease of Hk. Tis during the past three years is as the other hand, shows a fairly
have just been quoted.
25,000; but Habkow has declined by follows; in thousands of Haikwan China's trade with Hong Kong The defendant was sentenced to four weeks hard labour and was
Bk. Tls. 2,284,000 and the enormous taels (000 omitted) further ordered to pay $10 as com-
decrease of Hk. Tls 7,000,000 is to pensation to the complainant' or
be recorded for Shanghai. Amoy serve another fourteen days.
and Swatow have gained increases the steamer to take him to Sydney compared with the 1926 collection of Hk. Tls 12,900 and Hk. Ths. TROUBLESOME YOUNG TOUT.or a new tour of Australia. Long and is below the figure for 1023 by 254,700 respectively, but these are lack Sam is the owner of Long over 1 million Haikwan taels. In decline of Uk T. 1,500,000 in the not sufficient compensation for the A small boy was among a batch Tack Sam's famous Chinese restad- el motor car touts brought up be
rants at Piccadily Circus and other words, continues Mr. de Luca,collection at Canton. While the fore the Court. A police officer des Oxford Street, and he has an im the debacle which had been feared bulk of the decrease in the revenue cribed the boy as an old offender port and export firm in China, for some years, on account of the general depression of trade, part collection was the result.of the sho" had already been. con- It is said that he first introduced victed of puncturing the tyres of London to chop suey in his Pic-general political upheaval in China. of it was also caused by a diversion rival cars
to put them out of cadily and Oxford Street restau came true in the year under review, of trade routes to irregular chap Lusiness.
In reproving the offender, the businesses are only side lines. His
Mr. Long says that these and merchants, farmers, and indus-els in order to avoid the numerous surtaxes, thereby escaping all Magistrate remarked that instead real profession is the stage. With trials were overcome by the force Customs, control.. of earning money the defendant his company including his wife aid of so many obstacles adverse to was losing it in Court. He was two daughters his wife is, Apr- trade. Aned 815.
trian by birth-he will begin his season in the Queen's Theatre, to-
The total amount collected under morrow night with a programme of import duty was Hk.Tls. 34,903,32%, magic and vaudeville covering an which, when compared with the amazing variety of novel turns and moving with astonishing rapidity, amount collected in the preceding Besides the illusions, acrobatics and other attractive 7,951,705, and when it is remember dancing year," means a decrease of Hk. Tis. iteme, the programme will be en- livened with plenty of comedy, cd that the fall in silver exchange ing results. With regard to im Long Tack Sam himself being a must have enhanced the Haikwan ports, it should be remembered that comedian of much skill. Admission tack value of goods on which ad will be at the popular prices of
A FREE RIDE.
Trying for a free ride on the Shinshuipo Ferry cost & Chinese who appeared before Major C. Willson, a fine of $1. Inspector Bloor said that the defendant had been warned on several occasions by the Ferry Company.
!
AT KOWLOON.
rants.
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FOREIGN TRADE.
In discussing the value of China's foreign trade during 1927 it is more than ever necessary to take into consideration the various factors which concurred in enhancing the
taken independently, give surpris- values of imports as well as of ex- ports. Otherwise the mere figures,
cause of much higher Haikwan tael the drop in silver exchange was the 83, $2 and #1 and advance book. Į valorem duty is collected, it is not values being recorded in the ing is now open at the Queen's difficult to realize that the decrease Customs statistics, while heavier Theatre for the entire season.
costs of production in the exporting would have been still greater had countries had no small share in exchange been more favourable to increasing the gold values of these
same goods. silver.
So far as exchange rates are concerned, 45 will be well. A total of Hk.T'e. 25,481,017 was to remember that the average collected on exports. Again a de- sterling rate for Haikwad tacls was crease is to be registered, although 38. 5id. in 1925, 3, 18d in 1996, and | 2a. 9.13/16d. i 1927. On the other not so serious, as the 1927 figure hand, Chinese produce, by the time. falls short of that "for 1990 by it had reached the seaboard for
in fact, was decidedly more active, Hk.Tls. 802,170. The export trade,
being somewhat encouraged by good harvests, favourable markets, and by the necessity to dispose of the
porta exports in order to finance the im-
Before Mr. W. Schofield at the Kowloon Magistracy, a Chinese who was charged with unlawfully obtaining a quantity of leaves and herbs, and hawking them without a licence stated that he obtained the UNEMPLOYED EUNUCHS. herbs from villages near Taipo.
An Indian constable gave evidence SOCIETY FORMED TO PRO of seeing the defendant receiving 8 cents after à sale in Wuhu Street,
TECT THEIR INTERESTS.. Hunghom. Sub-Inspr. James zaid that when the defendant was brought to the charge room the sum
CONSTANTINOPLE, July 1st. mentioned was found in his basketbaren met in general assembly here Fifty eunuchs from the Imperial Defendant was fined 85, or seven days,"
on Friday, and elected a committee to control a friendly society form ed to assist members who have fallen into destitution.
The chairman of the assembly up of the harem had become a was a member who since the bresk teacher of literature at a secondary school.
BURGLARY IN LAICHIKOK ROAD.
Explaining that they were now
The tonnage dues collection pre- sents no very remarkable variations.
taxes, and difficulties of transporta- export, had been obliged to contend with labour exactions, additional tion, resulting in higher values, which naturally have contributed to swell the total export figures for the year. Having these considera tions in mind, the study of the actual figures themselves is not without interest.
The total foreign trade of China ja merchandise (ke, treasure ex- cluded) in 1997 was valued at Hk. Tl 1,831,551,288. This Sgure
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03,602 169,880 It has to be remembered of course that Hong Kong is a transhipment
the Yangtze regions, which, in centre for a great portion of pro- duce from North China and from re-entering Chinn at a southern port, is made to appear as an im- port from Hong Kong.
...THE FUTURE.
In concluding his report Mr. de Luce writes:
After having reviewed the trade of China for the year 1927, and having realised how, despite the multitude of obstacles arising from every quarter, there has been undoubtedly an active movement of merchandise, whatever may have been the profits made, the inclination arises to conclude this report in a hopeful vein, thereby risking an accusation of undue optimism. It can at least be azid that the year closed with some what brighter prospects for the future of the trade, thanks to the drastic measures against Com- munism taken by the Government authorities in various provinces. of China. One danger may be said to have been averted, if not completely destroyed-the onc arising from labour disputes and the nefarious activities of paid agitators. But so much remains to be done, so many obstacles of a political or military nature are yet to be overcome, so much re- construction work is necessary, om the railway and elsewhere, that any hope as to better times to come can only be expressed with hesitation, however, sincere may be the desire for China's future welfare,
FIGURES FOR PAST 10 YEARS.
A Chinese was caught by the police on Saturday moming with articles of clothing and a jade bangle in his possession. It was subsequently discovered that he had free men, he said, whereas their Nevertheless, the amount collected stolen the property by breaking money had formerly been retained was smaller than in the preced-represents a decrease of Hk.The into No. 303, Laichikek Road at, and guarded by the Imperial ing year, Hk.Tls. 2,748,776 repre- 56,904,738 when compared with the of China during the past. ten years
alout 4 o'clock.
The man was brought before the Magistrate on a charge of burglary, and sentenced to four months' hard labour.
FINGER PRINTS. :
A Chinese was seen by a Chinese "constable climbing up a drain pipe outside, No. 559, Nathan Road, Kowloon and taking a jacket from the verandah of the first floor.
the
:
The net value of the foreign trade
is as follows:
1918 1019 1020 1921
1628
1924
1920
1920
1927
HL.Tl2 1,040,776,113
1,277,807,092
1,303,881,530
1,607,377,976
1,509,941,583
1,078,320,303
1,789,995,143
1,724,217,881
1,088,578,024
to them. Treasury, it had now been restored
senting the total amount for 1927, 1990 value of Hk. T. 1,088,510,024; The oldest member declared that as against Hk.Tla. 2,898,610 in 1924, (HTle, 1,724,217,861) by some 207 but it is higher than the 1925 value they were generally happier under a decrease of some Hk.Tir. 150,000. million taels The value of net im
republic than under the Bultaris.
It is interesting to note, however, potts, L., gross importa less re- Two eunuchs were nominated to that tonnage dues collected on
1822 exports to foreign countries, was prezent the homage of the society vessels under foreign flags receded a decrease of over 111 million tools estimated at AkTls. 1,012,231,624, to Mustapha Kemal Pasha, the from Hk Tis. 2,569,894 in 1990 to from the 1986 figure (Hk.Tis. President of the republic.
Hk.Ťjs, 2,401,734 in 1997, while 1,184,221,223), but again an increase an 1025 of 60 million taels, the those collected on vessels under the value of imports for that year
1,031,551,280 Chinese flag advanced from Hk.Ta. having been Hk.Tla 947,864,914. ed that for 1925 by 85 million taels, The 1927 value of imports exceed- Another Chinese was fined 65 by crease, although alight, is surpris hand, has advanced from Hk.Tis year, the 1927 amount is smaller by 300,710 to HL.To. 247,042. This in- The aggregate value of Chiness pro- but in sterling equivalents at the He was remanded until this morn-Mr. Schofield for riding a bicycls
duce exported abroad, on the other average exchange rates for each ing in order that the previous con- to the public danger. He was stating when one consider all the 770,332,937 in 1925 and Hk.Tls. £29,673,302. This illustrates the viction might be proved by the ed to have carried a passenger on difficulties the Chinese mercantile 864,201,771 in 1928 to Hk.Tz effect which exchange has on import finger print expert.
the cross-bar and steered a wildly marine had to contend with during 918,618,662 in the year under con- I values, when these are converted (Continued at foot of nézt column.) | zig-zag course.
the past year.
sideration.
into HLT
The defendant pleaded guilty,BICYCLE MADE FOR TWO bus denied that he had had a con viction for Inteamy three years ago.