HONG KONG DAILY PRESS; WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11, 1930.
SHOPPING GUIDE
FELIX HAT SHOP
HATS AND GOWNS
At Advantageous Prices. 7, Ice House St.
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Peak District,
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Kowloon,
Victoria,
New Territories.
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54, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL.. 1st Floor.
Tel. 22173.
Mackintosh's
Men's Wear Thecialistii
Alexandra Ridg. Der Vaux Road.
Maison Marnac:
(Dress Designer)
Has the Latest Models On View at
4, Pedder Street
(opposite Hongkong Hotel).. o`
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The Main Shop of
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Gentlemen's Tailors and Outfitters.
BESPOKE ORDERS Executed In 24 Hours.
10, ICE HOUSE STREET.
Brown
Gentlemen's Tailor
2nd Floor, BUTTON BUILDING,
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SHANGHAI AND THE SILVER SLUMP.
LAMMERTS
AUCTIONS
HIGH COST OF LIVING.
OPTIMISM IN SPITE OF MANY DISAPPOINTMENTS.
[UNITED PÄZSA,]
In the midst of the heavy swamp-| hampering both the unification of like atmosphere of one of Shang. the country and the conduct of trade. There can be no question bai's hottest summers, "foreign re-
but that the present efforts of mili-
sidents here are beating a variety of fresh burdens with a philosophy surprising to those who have heard of the intolerance of the "Shang
hai mind."
tarists are alrering large areas of the country permanently for the worse. Governor Yen Esi Shan's erstwhile model province of Shensi is reported to have been saddled with staggering military burdens far beyond the ability of the people
Life in this Far East metropolis has lost much of its old-time.savour to support over, any long period. Famine sufferers are deprived, by
under present-day conditions. Yet
| lack of communications and military the international population of the activities, of food otherwise' avail-
Fort
seema disposed to acceptable. vicissitudes with better grace than it took the " good old days" of
yore.
Trade difficulties, China's eternal taxes, civil war, encroaching ban-
And Bandits.
The bandit or so-called "com- munist " situation appears to be growing worse, creating conditions of anarchy and frightful barbarities
THE JADE TREE, Inc. HONGKONG HOTEL ditry, and a steadily depreciating over tens of thousands of square
is removed to
THE ARCADE, PENINSULAR HOTEL,
We specialize in
Famous Jade Tree Rugs, Handmade Jewellery, Pictures and treasures of the ancient dynasties.
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FOR PURE MILK
FARM AND IMPORTED FROZEN
MEATS. Housh Fad POULTRY
INTEGRITY
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TEL. 28151. (6 LINES).
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· ESTABLISHED 1888.
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TESTED AND
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By
THE HONGKONG OPTICAL CO. Qualified Opticians 58, Queen's Road 0.
Tel. 22232
J. Vollmann & Cr
High Class Jewellers Est. 1960
Alexandra Bldg.
Chater Road,
SHOP
THESE SHOPS
BRUNSWICK HOUSE
BRUNSWICK PANATHORES
AND RECORDS
17, ICE HOUSE STREET
THI. 84085
local currency are among the factors miles. Bandit zones are spreading which have given some cause for steadily, and within a bandit zone bitterness during the present season, life is, apt to be hardly worth living. which is always physically trying, Cities are periodically raided and and this year particularly so in a often destroyed, cultivation of crops number of other respects.
goes on only under great difficul ties, and personal liberty and even safety of life is constantly in jeo- pardy, with no authority toward which appeal can be directed,
Summer Holidays.
Shanghai Hopstul,
All these things have bad their
Built on mud flat originally, Shanghai stands to-day as a great modern city in appearance, but nonetheless the same undesirable | health risk as formerly when the summer season descends. Shanghai physical and moral effect on Chinese is hot, humid, and afflicted-in and foreign residents in Shanghai, outlying residential districts at least yet the fact remains that Shanghai is far more hopeful, far less bitter, -with clouds át mosquitoes. In former years it was possible at small than in the days of crisis in 1997 expense to go up-river to Kuling and ather resorts, but this year the the old hysteria, and the people of menace of banditry has closed these the vity appear able to face facts places to folk who prefer their and discuss them intelligently--to vacations unmixed with anxiety, and realize, as it has been anid, that only the coast resorts, Japan, and they live in China and not in some the Philippines are open.
blessed realm of their own to which the outlying hard-working Chinese owe gratitude and tribute." "
and 1025. There is almost none of
PUBLIC AUCTION.
THE Undersigned have receirad
Instructions
TO SELL ET
PUBLIC AUCTION
ON
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11 Ar 12 O'CLOCK (NÓON) AT THEIR SALES ROOM, 4, DULDELL STREET, THE STEAM LAUNCH
#5
KUNG YICK " Lying in the Harbour," CHEUNG CHOW
LENGTH BREADTH DEPTH
116 ft. 0 ins.
.19 ft. 6 in.
8 ft. 6 in.
TERMS:-As Ustal,
LAMMERT BROS.,
AUCTIONEERS.
PUBLIC AUCTION.
THE Undersigned have received
Instructions
TO SELL BY
PUBLIC AUCTION
ON
THURSDAY, JUNE 19,
AT 3 0.LOCK P.M.
Az Theit SALES ROOMS, DUDDELL STEELT,
A STEAM LAUNCH
LENGTH.. BREADTH ... DEPTH
TONNAGE ...
63 Feet.
10 Feet 4 Inches.
7 Feet 2 Inches.
27,55 Gross. 18.74 Nett.
When travel on any large scale is contemplated, the dron in the value of silver must be taken into con-
Sympathy With the National' Government. sideration. In fact, the silver slumr has tightened the day-by-day budert Nanking's efforts toward stabiliza- of most Shanghailanders to such tion and national unity, have ob an extent as to render summer viously made a profound impression holidays problematic in any case. on the foreign business community Commodity prices. have riser of Shanghai. The present National. steadily, and never a day passes Government, bitterly attacked by but that the newspapers carry some the Chinese Left as a "Bund Gov-INSPECTION ORDERS ON APPLICATION.
such item as this:
Owing to the dron in exchange we have been compelled to advance the price for-butter by 10 cents per "pound, effective at once."
Importers Hard Hit,
ernment" of big-city capitalista for the peasants, is exactly the with no contact with or sympathy
kind of Government which the Shanghai foreign business-man 'can "understand and appreciate,
The individual bocats do not count for so much, but when the
Is the West a Safe Guide?
aggregate "chita" come in at the This, then, appears to be the end of the monthe the face of the fundamental reason for Shanghai's householder takes on a rueful cast. hope and tranquillity under stress Imported liquors and other items of circumstances which are bard and "have advanced one-half or, more far from encouraglig for the future. within recent months, in many Shanghai foreigners feel that China cases, and in addition to the ex- has at last stumbled upon a Govern- change slump, the purchaser of a
'ment and a governing group which motor-car or any one of several approximates the standards of dozen common imported com-Western lands." In this very fact modities has had for several months some few foreigners find cause for to reckon with the not unreasonable, perturbation, feeling that the West but most unwelcome, new rates of is not in all respects a safe guide;" the Chinese tariff.
but for the mass of foreigners here the position is as stated, "and Both foreign and Chinese import-tempers remain cool under summer
heat and commercial adversity. era of foreign goods have been hit hard by the silver alump... American exports to China for the first quar ter of the present year were 25 per rent. below those of the previous year for the same period, and American Consular officials are. To the Publishers conducting an investigation of the situation at the request of Wash-. ington; their preliminary impres- 11, sions are that other, nations have. suffered similarly, A few years ago the Chinese dollar, or yuan was far below the two-for-one level; now it takes around three yuan to buy one American dollar, and the future is uncertain and unencourag Ling. Importers can hardie profper_
-in such a situation:
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The Effects of War. Warfare in China is so much an old story that its cost and dangers have been discounted in many quar$15.00 per annum to any part of the ters, yet it is an expensive actuality
world (including, postage).
As She Now Lies in
·TYPHOON ANCHORAGE,"
YAUMATI.
LAMMERT BROS.,
AUCTIONEERS.
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in
Good Tiffin
Town?
Come to the "
PRINCE'S CAFE
!
(Next to A.P.C. BUILDING)
To-day's Tiffin-81.00
1-Hors d'Oeuvres
2.-Fish Chowder Soup
9.-Lobster Toast
4-Jardiniera of Ves!
-Chicken a la Vent
G-Roast Saddle of Mutton
7.--Cold Bologna Sausage 8-Strawberry Ice Cream
9.~Cheese
10-Dessert
11,-Tea or CoffeeTM
Cold TIFFIN 75 cis.
Cold Roast Beef or Mutton Cold Boiled York Ham Cold Roast Chickan Potato Salad and Mayonnaise
Ice Cream
Freita Iced Tea