CANTON TRADE NOTES.
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1930.
BARONET'S GIFT TO friend, Tallulah Bankhead I leave LEAKAGES IN PUBLIC
TALLULAH.
all my motor-cars.”
Miss Bankhep apnid to a repor ter "80 far as I know Bir Guy
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Sales of wolfram are limited dus MOTOR-CARS BUT DO THEY Laking, did not posse a motor dar SOME OFFICIAL BLUNDERS.
to the lack of demand by Japanese merchants. The market is not like.. ly to revive in the near future,
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Prices of electric lamp blubs have recently risen by four to flye dollars per hundred due to short arrivals. This commodity is chiefly imported from Japan and Germany.
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Embroidery merchants have been making arrangements to improve. their trade with foreign merchants and a committee has been formed to take charge of the matter.
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Miss Tallulah Bankhead was sur. prised when she learned that in the will of Sir Guy Francis Laking, -the 28-year-old baront who died in St. George's Hospital in August, was a clause which renda; To my
During last mouth, 167,293 puntes of silver bullion, 124,000 silver dollars and 101,000 20-cent silver fins were imported into Canton.
at the time of his do
A number of instances in which, public money hoe bren' stolen or ost through official blunders aro given in a report, issued last month, of the Select Committed of Public Accounta
The proprietor of the hotel in Ebury-stroot, Westminster, whore Sir Guy rented a suito, of rooms, told News Chronicle report ter: "I am quite sure that Bir Guy did not poses a motor_car_|___A at least for many months before his death. He owned a car at one time but sold it soon after he caine to live here. When bu ro. quired a car he would hire one,"
Surprise Find.
At the time of Bir Guy's death Due to the rise in the price of The quantity of raw silk export- it was thought he had not made foreign paper, there has been a keened abroad during inst month totall will. The document was discover ed 8,078 hales, showing an increased among his papers only a few
weeks ago. of. 089 halce over the preording month.. Prices, however, remained low throughout the month.
demand for Chinese paper. This coupled with the limited arrivals Jas caused an advance in the prices.
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The foreign sugar market has been exceedingly active intely and merchants as laying in stocks, in view of the fact that the tariff on foreign sugar will be increased next January,
On account of the approach of the Chinese New Year and the quieter war situation is Kwangsi, trade conditiong in Wuchow, which have been unusally bad since the inter-Kwang warfare, have been improving. Shipment of goods be tween Wachow and the interior of
Kwange has been resumed.
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The cotton yarn market has been slack during the past few days, but prices remain Arm. According to Shanghai telegram, cotton marr chants there have bought heavily and quotations my steady
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The sugar refinery, attached to the Auricultural Department of the Sun Yat Sen Univesity, is produc ing some 000 catties of sugar daily. The experiments have proved entis factory, and experts will be dis- patched to the country districts to introduce modern systems among the sugar manufacturers:
Bir Guy left unsettled property to the total value of £872 188., with net personalty £400 s, 3d,
The orders and decorations of his grandfather, a former surgeon to the Royal family, and of his father-the late Sir Guy Francis! Laking, a former Kooper of the King's Armoury-ho left to his cousin, Barham Mansell Wood- house.
loss of £1,700 in the Metropo- litan Police Fund due to defatoa- tions in the Office of the Commis- eioner is, revealed-in-the-report......
These defalcations," it states, "were made possible by the fact that an officer had been for many years allowed a cortain Intitude as regards paying into the Repsiyer's
count money he received from the public, and that no check was made of the cash in his hands,"
Steps have now pon takon to prevent recurrence of any such meident.
Regarding post office thefts the report states that the amount of loss falling on the Department for 1928 was insignificant in relation to the known value at risk.'
Deficiencies, cash or valuables.
stolen or lost in transit, countor losses and compensation for loss or damage to parcels and register His gold and diamanded letters amounted to £30.725, cigarette case he loft to his uncle, whorens the cash remittances doalt about Geoffrey Barker, and his personal with by Postmasters. wore effects not otherwise boqueathed to, £425,500,000. his sistor, Joan Frances Laking.
EXCHANGE RATES.
[BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.].
Paris New York ui Brussolsi Geneva
Oslo
Prague
RUGBY, Dec. 10.
123.50)
4.65/32"
34.20
05.021
Amsterdani Milan
12.05
12.75
Berlin
20.37
Stockholm
18.00
Copenhagen
18.155
18.10
Vionna
34.47
∙1039:
Helsingfore
Ans
Madrid
-47.80
Lisbon a Athons
108.20
375
818
4 11/10.
37 3/32
30
1/51
-1/8
1/1
Bucharest Rio.... Buenos Airre Montevideo Bombay Shanghai
Hong Kong Yokohama Silver (spot) Silver (forward)......
2/0 17/32
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formation available suggests that at is insignificant
The report strongly
proteste
against the action of the Ministry of Labour, with the approval of the Treasury, in using the Appro- priation. Act to override existing statutory provision.
The instancos quoted of schemos outside the 'vate included loans of As there is no exact information fares to men who had secured work All the rest of his property ho as to the total value of the packtherwise than through a Labour left to his former governess, issages carried, the ratio of losses to Exchange and emigration schemp Hilda Green, of Belsize Park, total value is unknown, but ingrants exceeding 50 per cent, of (Cntinued on nezi Column.)"
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the cost.
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