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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1931.
Money and Markets
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Just before Settlement Day, bond market was partially the that Settlement Day, is past. Tifesday of this week, shares came of poor sentiment in the harbor of important companies will the Shanghai market were decided-share market: The resignation of bo-reporting for the yon..und the ly easy.
Lust minute selling for T. V. Soong, the Minister of Fin-market should respond to the good the purpose of balancing accounts ance, caused quite an importait showing many have made. forced prices down. The A.O.F.C. group of financial people to take a The statistiend record af. the Average bad dropped to a new low gloomy view of the future. It is A.0.1.C. Average, follows:--- for the year on Saturday, but expected, however, that this will
"January 0 tapered off a bit more to 21.16 on wear off as a influence on the High for year September 10 Low for year December 21 Monday,
December 21-
share market.
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# From indications, there is apt to The poor action of the Chinese i be an advance in share prices now
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Ar the Chinese now to pen sunde 18 to eat more eggs-Chinese
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Clear as
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never a' has
ZONDON
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CORRESPONDENCE.
[All letters intended for publi- ent more potatoes-from the Reich?cation must be accompanied by the
** There heed be no mistake about
name and address of the writer, not the future of British Industry. 15
for publication, unless so desired, is about to be engaged in a long, but as evidence of good faith.—En. } London, Nov. 1-In a challeng. relentless battle with foreign com- ing article entitled Do we deserve petitors, and the ability to sell. the. Prince of Wales?" the Ad- which farolves the free and ins vertisers' Weekly "axposes the folly telligent use of the powerful of bose British manufacturers who, Weapons of advertising and public through neglect of advertising, are fity, will play a vital part in the handing over their mangkets to the resuls". foreignér.
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The Prince knows, as we know," it is pointed out, that there is no ack of willingness to buy British. The rent lark lies in the ability of one manufacturers to sell British.
He has pointed out continually
SOVIET FIXING OF THE.
MARKET.
or slipshod methods of marketing PARIS AUTHORITIES INVESTI and oth reluctance to tell the wald" shout our goods. But his GATE SENSATIONAL CHANGES excellent advice is openly dis- regarded.
"One week's advertising recently brought a well-known investment corporation a record response-- There €250,030 worth of business.
a actially some twenty products The grocery trade that are well The known-through advertising. grey must deal in some scores f Fines.
It is impossible to believe that there are un British razors, soap, Booth brushes, tooth-paste. type writers, atvel desks, distating machines, ice-des-oven totalisers.
JUVENILE OFFENDERS.
(TO THE EDICE OF THE "HONG KONG
DAILY PRES8.")
Sin, The Government have thought fit to announce that the fime is not ripe for prescribing the association of Justice of Pence with the Magistrates for the trial of Juvenile Offenders.
It would be interesting to learn the method of Reasoning by which this decision
aa arrived at.
Paris, Dec. 13-Charges that Soviet Russia was äxing exchange
We are told that enquiries have and stock markets here are at pre-been made, presumably among the sent being probed by the Ministry Cadet Officers, and that it is felt
Justice, according to Press re- ports published this morning under that the Cadet Officers,have a mono- Baring headlines.
poly of judicial wisdom.
The fixing is allegedly being done through the agency of French Com 19anists who, it is reported, have
usins!
Taken as
SUCCESSFUL YEAR. REVIEWED.
MRS. FRANKLIN PRESENTS
AWARDS..
Hong Kong
CHRISTMAS COMPETITION
OPEN TO ALL READERS
$100. 00
FOR THE BEST LETTERS ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS TO STUDY THE ADVERTISEMENTS, IN THIS ISSUE. OF THE HONG The Cheung Chau Government KONG DAILY PRESS, AND IN School held its annual Speech Des UP TO DECEMBER 25- EVERY SUBSEQUENT ISSUE yesterday when Mrs. A. C. Franklin DECIDE WHICH YOU THINK gave away the prizes. Among 1S THE BEST, AND WRITE A SHORT LETTER GIVING THE those present were Messrs. A, O
REASONS FOR YOUR DECISION. Brawn, Mackenzie and Prof. LETTERS MUST REACH THE Forster, and after the report was] presented, Mr. Brawn called upen Mrs. Franklin to give away the awards.
The Annual Report.
In presenting his report the Headmaster said, inter alia-
The maximum enrolment in the year was 70 and the average daily attendance 20.1 as against "and
09.95 in 1990. The average daily This is attendance was not so satisfact, noss boys having frequently been whole the Cadet kept away from school for the most runised so called "ells" in all Officers appear to be fairly repre-trivial reasons. It is earnestly the larger hanks not excluding sentative of the First Class Civil hoped that parents will pay more even the Banqar de France, These
cells again, the charge continues, Servants but surely is must be attention to the education of their The American products we know jure, working in pericet concert, obvious that a man or woman children. only too well. It was. America, of manipulating both from within and specially selected because of his or Peoarse, that persuaded us to ent outside the bank. The latter is
more fruit, Californian fruit-grow allegedly bean circulating" certain her qualifications must make n bet- era paid for the greater part of that, rumours, based sometimes on inside ter magistrate than any Cadet notable campaign.
And we ite information, and by tipping off the Offer not specially qualified for the moke fruit from C.S.
prominent clients of the banks,
post.
BOLE AGENTS:
DODWELL & CO., LTD.
Queen's Buildings
Phones 20636 20821
SCOTCH W
BLACK&W
CHOCE OUTSOTEEKÍNHISKY
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MALLOW LONDON
The staff remained the same as last year. All masters have ren- dered satisfactory service through- out the year,, and I should like to thank them now for their loyal As regards Juvenile Offenders' T gather from the Gazette that a com- support and kind co-operation. peittee appointed to consider this The huilding of the "sabool is question have advised that the always clean and in good order, singistrates ought to have tho
advice of suitable persons in deal while the discipline of the school
ADVERTISEMENT MANAGER NOT LATER THAN JANUARY PANIED BY A CUTTING OF 1, 1982, AND MUST BE ACCOM- THE ADVERTISEMENT YOU HAVE CHOSEN, AND AN ENTRY FORM (PRINTED ELSEWHERE IN THIS ISSUE).
* A PRIZE OF $50.00.
THE WRITER
WILL BE GIVEN TO
OF THE BEST LETTER.
The Winning Letter, and the advertisement securing most votes, will be published in the Hong Kong Daily Press on January 7, 1982.
WE ARE ALSO OFFERING A PRIZE OF $10.00 BACH WEEK UP TO CHRISTMAS, FOR THE BEST LETTER GIVING YOUR REASONS FOR YOUR CHOICE OF WHAT YOU CONSIDER TO HAVE BEEN THE BEST ADVER- TISEMENT DURING THE PREVIOUS WERK. LETTRES, ACCOMPANIED BY A CUTTING
AN ENTRY FORM, MUST REACH THE
CHOSEN, AND OF THE ADVERTISEMENT
ng with juveniles. Now the civilis- continues to be very good) and ADVERTISEMENT MANAGER ed world has generally come to satisfactory. The health of the recognise that some people are much
more gifted than others where chil-school has been very good through. dren and particularly early chilout the year." There is no evidenes dren are concerned and further of malarial" fever and no cases of that persons put in charge of such
children afunt be well versed in their-health have been reported. The subject.
Medical Officers, "Dr. (Mrs.) E. M. Now it is quite clear that our Minett and Dr. D. Laing paid a Magistrates have not as a class
either the natural aptitude for deal visit to the school on July 3 to do, ing with children nor are they well the anal inspection. They in versed in this subject. This must spected all the new applicants and he true because past experience has
shown that whilst there have bees some of the elder boys and only a roany excellent magistrates, it is few cases of defective vision were considered that any Cadet Officer is found capable of acting as a Magistrate with the result that good appoint ments are mere accidents. Further
During the year we have been
Cadet Officers are as a rule imbued visited by several distinguished with the official point of view, which guests including the Governor and is a bad quality in a Magistrate. Lady Peel, the District Officer May be I am wrong, and I hope South, Mr. J. 8. Maclaren, Mr. A
I am wrong, and that it is the in-
tention of the Government to recon C. Franklin and the Heads of Kai aider the whole question of the ap- fongs. pointment Magistrates and Justices of the Fouch, with a view
NOT LATER THAN THE FOLLOWING DATES:-. $10-4th Competition-Bost adver
tisement between December 14 and 19. Letters must be received by Decembox. 23, romifta published December 30.
310-5th Competl lon-Best adver
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tisement between December 21 and 26. Letters must be received by December 80, results published January 4.
$50.-Competition-Best advertise- ment between November 29 and December 25, Letters must
be received by January 1, 1982, results published. January 7.
The Editor's Decision is Final
No correspondence will be entered into..
(No member of the staff of the Mr. J. Ralston, the Inspector of HONG KONG DAILY PRESS is
aligible for this competition).
to making suitable appointments English Schools, cume to spret both, as regards the paid Magis, the school on November 10, 1931, trates and their unpaid assistants. “
With regard to women Magis.and made the following entry in the trates we have in our midst many school Log Book: "I visited the wonum who have the qualifications, school to-day, and was very much experience and training for this
particular class of work. If the pleased with the work I saw going Government is not yet ready for the on. Copy books are generally nent
ppointment of such women to posts and tidy."
for which they are particularly
fitted I suggest that the time is ripe In conclusion I beg to thank Mrs. for a change. After all, the women Franklin for having kindly consent. are here and ready and, if the
Government is not ready, surely the ed to distribute the prizes. goongr the Governmens gote rondy the better for all concerned:
CANDID CRITIC.
Hong Kong, Dec. 20.
Mr. Brawn, in a short speech,
then asked Mrn. Franklin to distri bute the prizes.
What do
you want ?
If there is anything
you want to buy be
sell,
try
Classified advertisementi.
25 words $1.00 prepaid
for 3 insertions.
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