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HONG KONG TRADE. DECLINE IN U.S. TRADE
TEXTILES SOLD AT LOW
PRICES.
The fortnightly report of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce contains the following references to the textile trade:-
Cotton Place Goods and Fancy
Cotton Goods.
There has been one enquiry for Cotton Fancies but no new business appears to have been settled. A start has been made in clearances of Spring cargo and local prices are reported to be favourable to the are dealers. Manchester prices somewhat easier but orders difficult to fix at, the present low rate of exchange."
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Another report states:- Nothing of any importance in the way of new business has transpired since the last report, and there is ne evidence of any appreciable nar sowing of the disparity existing between Dealers ideas of prices and silver equivalents of present. Laz- cashire costs.
•BALANCE.
HEAVY DROP IN JANUARY'S
'FIGURES."
[UNITED PRESS.]
Washington, Feb. 14-A favour. able trade balance of G$105,000,000 was recorded for the United States for the mouth of January, accord ing to a statement by the Depart ment of Commerce to-day.
This amount WDS. however, $9,616,000 below the level of Decem ber, it was pointed out.
A significant development was the decline of the outflow of gold from more than $72,000,000, in De- cember to 89,949,000 in January, the statement went on.
At the same time, imports of gold increased $3,980,000.
Clearancts of seasonable carge are THERE IS A HAPPY SAND!
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fairly well maintained, and in most cases local selling rates show Batis. factory margins to Chinese Dealers.
Mid. Am. Cotton "Spot declined in value to 8.46d. whilst Eg. Sakel. is also lower at 13.53d."
Woollens.
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A considerable amount of business has been settled in Gabardines, Serges and Venetians and other fines of woollens. Contract prices are reported to be the sama ne or (more often). slightly below those Values have settled last season.. been most irregular, as Bradford prices have shown marked weakness and very low offers have been accepted.
BUT FAR, FAR AWAY.
The average income of a wage exener in the United States is £5 a week, it was announced recently. The corresponding figure for "the Englishman is £ 10.
The leap in America's income is shown by remarkable figures,
The comparative growth of the income of Britain and America 'is as follows :-
Great Britain.
1011e
£2,000,000,000
1024
Cotton Yarn.
1927
£4,000,000,000 £3,000,000,000
Nothing doing.
U.SA.
Nominal quotations
are 13
1913
follows:-
£7,000,000,000
'No. 10s.
$145/180
1820
£14,000,000,000
No. 161.
8103/200
1923
$173/190
1920
$200/210
No. 123.
No. 209.
£18,000,000,000 £22,000,000,000
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SNAPSHOTS OF A WOMAN TRYING TO GET A REST
GOES UPSTAIRS TO HAVE A REST
BEFORE STARTING TO GET DINNER.
AFTER EXTENSIVE SEARCH RETURNS UPSTAIRS WITH AD HESIVE PLASTER. BUT CAN'T FIND JUNIOR
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GOLF NOTES.
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TELEPHONE RINGS TURNS AND GOES
DOWN TO ANSWER
GOES DOWNTO LOOK FOR HIM, LO- CATING HIM AT LAST IN CELLAR, WORKING ON HIS AIRPLANE, AND CLAIMING HIS FINGER IS ALL RIGHT NOW.
Top dressing, has made its ap- pearance on some of the fairways at Fanling and it seems very early this year.
I understand, however, that this is inevitable as there is a great deal
of work to be done on the course.
For the course's sake therefore it is to be hoped that we get some serious rain within the next month or so, to wash ia the top dressing otherwise a large proportion is likely to be blown away as a great cloud goes up at every shot.
By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
HANGS UP JUSTAS JUNIOR SHOUTS TO COME UP QUICK, HE'S CUT HIS FINGER.
HEARS SPLASHING, WATER, WHICH JUNIOR LEFT RUNNING AFTER WASHING FINGER. GOES UP TO TURN IT OFF.
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RUSHES UP EXAMINES FINGER, AND DASHES DOWN AGAIN TO LOOK FOR ADHESIVE PLAST ER WHICH HAS GOT MISLAID.
GOES DOWNSTAIRS TO START GETTING DINNER.
GUNYAS WILLIAMS
In the King's Bench Division, before Mr. Justice Wright, last month, in an action brought by the Industrial Bank of China against Among changes in naval
Mr. Sydney Savile and his wife, manda notified by the Admiralty r. Russell Vick, for the defen was that of Admiral Sir Reginalddants, said they consented to judg. G.C.B., D.S.O..ment for the amount of the Tyrwhitt, D.C.L..(Oxon), to be Commander claim, with interest. Counsel said in Chief, the Nore, in succession.
the £390 related to 2 com. to Admiral Sir Edwyn S. Alexap- plicated. Stack Exchange transac der-Sinclair, K.Q.B., M.V.O., to
tion as a result of which a promis. date May 18 Admiral Tyrwhitt sory note for a large amount was relinquished the post of Comman given which was signed by both de
der-in-Chief, China, at the end of 1028. In the late war he was con-
cerned in many brilliant exploits, in recognition of which he was created a baronet and voted grant of £10,000.
At least one shark had a very discriminating taste in Christmas dinners, Caught on New Year's Day, a 13 ft. shark died soon after
fendants There was upon the re- cord an allegation, by the husband of fraud against the bank, and the defendant wished to make it clear to the Court that that only arose as the result of a complete misun- derstanding, and be wished unre- servedly to withdraw it. His Lord- ship gave judgment for the sum claimed, with costs.
A Bereaved Mother.
was rescued and taken to the police.
It certainly does add to the dinit arrived at the Taronga Park Zoo,
A Canton paper says that an old cuity of golt as, even if you do hit Sydney Noticing a suspicious bulge, which seemed to, indicate an the ball first there is nothing under indiscreet over-indulgence in sea-River from a pier last week, but woman in Dosing jumped into the neath to support it. However it does give a decide advantage to onal fare; the authorities cut the 'shark open. In its stomach they the man who can play a long pitch found one kerosene tin (slightly to the green and yet stop his ball dented), one chaff bag, and a bundle from going right ever.
of fowl and turkey feathers. Ap ing itself on dainties from a gar- Parently the shark had been regal
have had this winter bave kept the The odd spots of rain that we courge in marvellous condition. Compared with last year there is an extraorditary amount of grass on the fairways and the greens are comparatively easy without that glassy slipperiness.
The hot suap over the week-end scemned to reduce some people al most to the state of being unable to drag one leg after the other and those who were unfortunate in their three and a half hours in getting starting time in the afternoon wero round and at one time there were eight players on the 16th tee, which seems all wrong!
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Happy Valley is most popular as a practice ground at present and it is quite a sight in the evenings to see half a dozen earnest golfers in the middle of the valley driving off countless balls.
As compared with Deep Water Bay it is an ideal place for practis ing as you can let out at the ball with comparative impunity if you get off the
line.
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There is no further news of Kirk- wood and Hagen. Judging from the state of the guarantee fund there does not seem
bage puat!".
Word has been received in Shang- hai of a signal, success gained by Mr. Isaac Hai Jacob, son of Mr. J. I. Jacob, who has long been a resident of Shanghai. Mr. 1. H. Jacob gained the Cecil Peace Prize of £160 for the year 1929, taking as his subject The Relation of the Pact of Paris for the Renunication of War to the Covenant of the triumph for Shanghai, as he was League of Nations." This is also a educated at the Shanghai Public School, and left two years ago to enter at the University of London. He is president of the Law Society of the University of London at the present time, and will take up law as a profession.
Dancing and Morais.
It is reported in a vernacular paper that the Canton Government has just refused permission for the opening of a dancing school, on the score that ball-room dancing would be injurious to the morale of the younger citizens. Just a year ago, palais-de-dance was closed down by order of the Government. Fur ther evidence of a new regard for to be very morality also comes rom the Yan- much chance of seeing them unless ping district, where, at the request they have to kill time for a day or of the local Kuomintang all two on the way through and I licensed houses" cannot see either of them going Some of the occupants," says out to Fanling for a game unless it vernacular paper naively, "have is well worth their while.
left for other places, while the rest are carrying on secretly!
I understand that plans for the extension to the New Course are well under way and that when it is finally laid out we shall have some more really good and picturesque holes in which the utmost advan tage will have been taken of the naturaj lis of the land.
A NEW ARRIVAL.
..
The .s. Trent Bank which ar- rived from Manila on Sunday is a new arrival to the port. She is a comparatively new vessel, having recently, as been completed as November, 1920. She icft port again at 4 p.m... yesterday.
The vessel, which is under the command of Capt. Porter, has a crew of 12 British and 40 Asiatics. She carried 120 tons of general cirgo for this port and about 7,000 tons in transit.
Her owners are Messrs. Andrew Weir & Co., while the Bank Line are the local agents..
non being questioned, she said that she wanted to go to the under- world to look for the departed soul of her only son, who was, drowned a month ago. She wept and bogged
to be allowed to end her own life. The members of her family were summoned and she was taken home. -
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SOME RECORDS IN 1829.
Nineteen twenty-nine has been Britain's "fastest" year. For the first time Britain holds the world's speed record for land, sea, and air, together with many motoring re cords of speed and endurance.
"The most important records," an official of the Royal Automobile Club in London stated, are, of equrse, the epoch-making achieve ments of Sir Henry Segrave, who drove his 'Golden Arrow' car at $31. railes an hour on Daytona Beach, and broke the motor-boat record of over ninety miles an hour in Miss England; and of Flight-Lieuten- rant Waghorn, who won the Scheider Trophy Tor Britain at a speed of 328 miles an hour."
Further world's récords set up by British drivers and cars are:
Five "miles at an average speed of 211 miles an hour, set up by Captain Malcolm Campbell and his "Bluebird" car;"
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