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THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 1930.
HOW TRADING MEN
FARED IN 1929.
BIRD'S-EYE VIEW GIVEN BY CHINESE CHAMBER.
ADVERSE FACTORS IN MANY LINES OF BUSINESS,
The following brief reports, pub. lished lately by the Chinese Gen- eral Chamber of Commerce, afford a glimpse of the trade conditions experienced by the Chinese in the Colony during last year.
Fiece goods. Some 840,000,000 worth of piece goods was imported last
year, chiefly from Japan and Britain, as compared with $50,000,000 in the previous year. Demand was short on account of the inter-Kwang warfare and the high gold exchange rate. The ma jority of the merchants made no profits.
Shipping-Business for vespels plying between Hong Kong and the interior was unusually bad.
Those plying between the Colony and Wuchow and Kongmoon had a particularly adverse year. Can- ton-Hong Kong steamers, however- did a steady trade.
Flour. Formerly,
very large quantities of flour were imported.. liut since the Strike, the business of flour merchants has been bad, inasmuch as before the Strike, mer. chants in South and North China placed large orders with Colony. Demand was lacking and prices were low. The poor crops of wheat in South and North America and the high exchange rate further affected the flour busi-
ness.
the
Sugar The market Was mo- derate. Prices were variable and low. Due to competition, Java merchants reduced their quotations,
Hosiery. Manufacturers of stockings made profits. There was a demand by merchants in Europe, America and India. Due to local rivalry, they reduced prices; other wise they would have done much better..
H
NAVY LEAGUE'S SEPOY FUND.
RAPID APPROACH MADE TO $5,000 MARK.
GENEROUS, GIFT RECEIVED FROM WATFOONG."
THIRD LIST,
CONCRETE FLOORS AND STAIRS.
PLANS WHICH LAPSED CAUSE TROUBLE.
SUMMONS FAILS. ON SCORE
OF WORDING.
The owner of No. 11 Old Bailey was summoned before Mr. R. E. The following contributions have Lindsell yesterday charged with been thankfully received
constructing concrete floors and Previously acknow.
tairs to her house, without a per- ledged
- 10 mit,
C. G. .........
D. M. Bi
25
t
$9,199 £35
Sympathisers
5
Benjamin & Potts .....
200
T. E. Pearce
100
J. D. Hutchison & Co.
100
Ho Kom Tong
100
Woo Hay Toog
100
100
Douglas Lapraik & Co.
100
Karsten Larssen
&
Co., Ltd
100
Lt. Col. L G. Bird
50
R. D.
"50
Mr. and Mrs. T. R.
H. V. B.
20
A. G. Coppin
2%
Mr. M.
35
N. S.
12
Heary Humphreys
A. B. R.
10
E. H. Ray
M. J. M.
10
Lady Sympathiser
3
Sympathetic
Contri-
butor
20
Chinese Sympathisers Gladly
11
10
Sympathiser
C. H. B.
25
Bill
20
C. A. W. Kew
K. A.
G. C. H
10
A. B. E.
10
Henny
$23
Vacuum Oil Co.
100
Gilman & Co., Ltd
30
10
83,601 £30
G. Miskin
W. A. DowLEY, Hon. Treasurer,
Alexandra Buildings.
Insurance.This line of business showed & downward tendency con- sequent on the decline of the vari, ous lines of business. Fire and a generous gift of 8500 from thỏ marine" insurance companies, how ever, made small profits.
To the above must now be added further sums amounting to $1,155 fand £9 10. included in these being
Metals.-- Merchants sustained losses during the first half of the year due to the warfare in the in- terior, but during the latter half of the year, they made good pro- fita.
Native Banks.-Business Was steady throughout the year on ae count of the increase in the, interest rate and the low Shanghai ex- change rate during the latter half of the year. Profits were made during the twelve months under
review,
Construction and Building. Since the Strike, business has been on the decline. Business was pour throughout the year.
Rice. A moderate business was reported. The harvests in Annam and Siam were disappointing, but in Kwangtung and Kwangsi, there were abundant crops.
Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation..
The total to date & therefore 84,750 and £32 10s.
STALLHOLDERS FALL OUT.
A QUESTION OF ICE AND MILK SUPPLIES.
A Summary Court action to re- cover the sum of 8677.02, alleged to be due for ice and fresh milk, was brought by the. Kwai Kee fish stall at the Central Market against the Fook Sing firin, df Yaumati, before the Pisne Judge (Mr. Justice Wood) yesterday."
"Mr. E..S. C. Brooks appeared for the defendant, while plaintiff con- ducted his own case.
Oila-Arrivals of wood-tar oil from Kwangs were very limited
Plaintif said that defendant was owing to the interruption of com- munication caused by warfare. also connected with a stall in the When communication was restored Fame market. The latter was between the Colony and Wuchow aware that plaintiff had a deposit
polishes the Shoes arrivals were large but prices then, with the Dairy Form Company, and
of the World
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were rather high. The groundnut entered into an arrangement to ob- oil market was still worse. Most of tain fee and milk through the plain- the cargoes from the northern pro- tiff so that the defendant could do vinces went to the interior direct. Merchants declared that their busi Yaumati.
some business with such supplies in
ness showed a decline.
Frinting. Lithograph merchants who have been doing badly in re- cent years reported a very lean year on account of the opening of more printing houses. Type-print 10g was still worse, and over
of
Supplies were obtained for about aine months. The method payment was that the defendant settled the accounts when the plain- tiff surrendered the original receipts given by the Dairy Farm. Plain- tiff alleged that after transactions
ten printers suspended business, had been going on for some time Manufacturers of printing blocks the defendant negotiated direct
also had a bad year.
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with the Dairy Farm for supplies," de. and refused payment of the balance
due to him under the arrangement,
The case was adjourned until to-day in order to investigate a
Cured Hides. Merchants clare that they did only fifty per cent, of business as compared with the preceding year. Demand being short, prices dropped. No profits statement of account produced by. were made.
the defendant which his solicitor Tin-Tini imported chiefly said he had not seen until that time. from Yunnan Province and refined in the Colony.. Export to Europe and America was limited and mer. chants report lean year.
Imports-Business was dull dur ing Spring, Summer and Autuma. Due to the high exchange, those merchants having stocks" did fairly well during the latter part of the year. But it was also due to the high exchange rate that they plac
SACRED MUSIC AT
ST. ANDREW'S.
PASSIONTIDE PROGRAMME' BY AUGMENTED CHOIR,
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ed no orders. Generally speaking Maundy Thursday, at o'clock this usaal on the evening of business was not satisfactory.
Brewery. This line of business evening, in St. Andrew's Church, declined further due to the increase Kowloon, the choir, augmented for of the tax rate and the rise in the
the occasion, will render a selected price of rice. Many brewers went programme of Passiontide music. in" to bankruptcy, and those This will consist mainly of extracts maining could scarcely carry on.
from an English translation of an old 18th century Latin poem, “Stabat Mater * ́ ̈¤2 At the Foot of the Cross ), with some numbers from Meskinh and Stainer's "Crucifixion.
re
A loan of G.81,300,000 from the U.S. Shipping Board to the Robert Dollar Steamship Co. was announc ed on April 9. The money is to be used for reconditioning the Presi- dent Filimore and improving the President Johnson, Repayment by the Dollar Line is to be in five annual installments.
The Soloists are Miss M¿Gill (soprano), Mrs. Cairns (contralto), Messrs Annias and Best (tenor) and Mr. C. W. E. Bishop (bass).
Arrangements are being made to broadcast the service, which lasts for one hour.
Mr. Gibbs, the architect, who was in court, submitted that a permit was obtained from the Building Authority for the construction of the concrete floors and staircase. He produced the permit.
Mr. Lindseld: Did the plans- submitted show concrete floors - Yes..
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Mr. J. Dobson, of the P.W.D., mid the plans were submitted on November 2, 192, and approved
on the 14th of the same month for the work to be carried out, and if not completed by that time, the original approval was to be withdrawn. He went to the pre- mises on March 11 and the work was not completed. The orginal plans had, therefore, lapsed
In answer to Mr. Lindsell, wit ness said that the architects were not notified to that effect, as it seemed to witness that the actual offence was that the work had not been carried out within the specified. three months.
Mr. Lindsell observed that as the summons stood, he did not see his way to convict. The defendant was discharged.
ECHO OF HAICHING PIRACY.
TWO CHINESE PAY THE EXTREME PENALTY.
JURY'S VERDICT; MEN'S
STOICAL AIR.
Lam Hing and Lam Wing, who were found guilty of murder in connection with the piracy of the is. Halching, and who were sen
tenced to death by Sir Henry Gollan at the February"Criminal Sessions, paid the extreme penalty yester- day when they were hanged at Victoria Gaol at 3.08 a.m.
The usual inquest, was held by Mr. A. W. G. H. Grantham in the afternoon, and a verdict of death in the process of carrying out the law was returned.
It is understood that both „men met their fate calmly, and with stoical indifferenes, making no pro- testation of their innocence or ad- mission of their guilt,
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