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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1932.
WHOLESALE PRICES IN
HONG KONG
7.5 PER CENT. DECREASE ON JUNE QUARTER
COURSE OF CHANGE SINCE 1913
As measured at the Statistical Office of the Imports and Ex- ports Department, wholesale prices in Hong Kong during the 3rd
· Quarter of 1932 registered a decrease of 7.8 per cent, as compared with the June Quarter, and increases of 9.7 per cent, and 17.9 per cent compared with 1924 and the base year of 1992, respec-‚ ̧ tively.
It will be seen from the following: table, which shows the course of price changes since 1913, that as complied with the June quarter there were declines in each of the four groups during the September quarter. Foodstuffs fell by 4 per cent. Taxtiles by 7.3 per cent., Metals and Minerals by 11.0 per cent), and Miscellane ous Items by 6.1 per cent,
Foodstuffs Textiles
1922-100
1st Qr. 2nd Qr. Ord Qr. 1031. · 1932,
1013.
1924.
73.0
106.1.
144.3. 129.6
56.1
Metals and Minernis 072 Miscellaneous
112.8
102.3
64.2 103.3
1032.
124.0 135.8 135.0 198,5
118.8
140.0 137.0 138.2 121.8
126.4 120.7 100.0 103,2
1032.
130.1
Average
04.0 100.8
130.6 132.D
120.7 117
INDIVIDUAL AVERAGES
1922-100
Foodstuffs,
CHASE BANK'S CLAIM
DEFENCE WITNESS CROSS-
EXAMINED
QUESTION OF TRUST RAISED
Mr., Sheldon: The letter also stated that the Hong Kong finn was to ask the bank to extend the bill for one month, t---Yes,
It appears from that letter that the Kobe firm was also hard up 1- It was only the opinion of the Formasa firm,' For all we know the position might not have been 80,
At further stage. Mr. Sheldon At the Supreme Court yester- askoil: The object of your drawing day,, in the Chief Justice's Court, a bill for Yen 180,000 was to obtain
the money from the Kobe firm 1 Yes.
the case in which the Chase Bark is suing the Yue Yau firm for a claim arising out of a Bill of Ex. change for Yen 100,000 was con- tinued. The whole day was taken up by the cross-examination of the principal witness for the defence, Mr. To Sze Yuen, by Mr. H. G. Sheldon, Counsel for the Bank
Mr. Sheldon naked whether wit. ness agreed that, according to a letter writter by the Formosa firm to the Hong Kong firm, the For mosa firm were financially pressed? --Witness said that he agreed that the letter pointed that way.
Did they owe you that money - No. We were acting on instruc- tions of the firm in Formosa.
The bill and the one which forms the subject of the action were the only ones you have drawn on the Yau Yue in Kobo Y-Yes.
GOOD TO YOUR THROAT
*"Lol Evans' Pastil'es be good to your throat. You'll find them particularly so in casas of soroness, huskiness, coughs or colds.
EVANS Pastilles
ANTIELSTIL THERAS
From Comics everywhare.
Madela Marstrand Be
ttaciformula of (De Live.30-1l2uttial ficpilal
Every other bill that you have ever drawn on the You Yus has been sold to the bank 1-That is correct.
And how long was it since you of busineen 1-I was acting on in
structions from Formosa
have been drawing bills on the Yau Tue Company 1—About 1828.
I put it to you that between July, 1927, and October, 1928, you drew
1
No Document.
Your firm hadn't got an account
18 bills on Yau Yue, Kobe, all of with the Equitable Eastern Bank - which were sold to the Equitable No. Eastern Bank ?—Yes.
Mr. Sheldon then road another letter from Formosa and asked wit ness if it was not stated in the letter that Kobe had indicated that they feared they would not be able to collect payments on the drafts against rico shipments, and so be come unable to meet the bill for Ten-That is no. 100,000 when it became due Wit ness agreed.
If you had had an account and None of them were for collection 1 used a paying-in slip, you would have had that bill enterod ap on a paying-in slip3-Yes.
What was the reason, for your dc- parture from your ordinary coUISE
Thare would thiên bxe ben
(Continued on Poze 10.)
DINNER
DANCES
MONDAYS
TO
SATURDAYS
(Inclusive)
ARTISTIC DANCING DISPLAY BY
"HUGO” AND "JOSEPHINE"
POPULAR BALL ROOM ENTERTAINERS
ASSETS
£13,000,000
Beaus
Ist Qr. id Qr. 3rd Qr.
· 1932. 1932, 1032. 120.5 118,2 110.5
118.0 218.0 161.1. 131.5 149.1
1924. 1031:
100.2 130.0
Beef
Exxa
04.5
Flour (Wheat)
Salt Fish
Fruits, 'Fresh
Lard
Milk, (Condensed)
Mutton
Onions
114.3
103.1
131.1 121.4 98.7 100.0 10.4 114,0 98.8 101.3 08.8 87.0
195.0 133.3
150,0
150 0
123.41 300.7 218.3 331.0 302.7
106.0 138.0 116.2 1237 111.3
$2.2 185.2 170.8 170.0 176.8
· 173.0 134.0 145.5 125.7
341.1 135.9 113.2 08.1
Peanut Oil
Pork
1116 117.1 122.0
103,8
191.3
126.1
133.8 120.8
124.2
118 3
Potatoes
03,4 100.0 134.4
114.0
103,2
Poultry ......
111.0
175.2 - 115.I
151.0
180.3
Rice (Broken) ..
112.3
128.1 122.3
122.0
Rice (White)
110.2
130.2
118.0 118,2
117.8
113.1
Sugar (Raw)
135.8
29.0
·00.1
85.5
67.8
Vegetables (Dried, etc.)...... 00.3 Vermicelli
64:3
- 07.0 47.8
108.5
190,2
100.3 101.3
51.4 09.3
TEXTILES
Cotton Yarn
120.5
141.4 143.1 134.0
Cotton (Dyed Plain)
100.4
94.8
102.0 80.0
103.8
707
THE
Italiana (dyed figured plain) $2.2
87.5
122.5
131.0
73.2
HONGKONG & SHANGHAI HOTELS, LTD.
Shirtings (whito 40/43 yda) 91.4
07.5
03.1
65.8
82.2
Hemp (Manila)
137.9
116.0
107,9
80.7
01 7..
Gunny Baga
201.5 201.1 800.7 924.4
235.4
Hessian Cloth
136.0
64.9 69,3
00.6
Silk Piece Goods
93.4
85.3
83.0.
76.5
08.0
75.1
CLAIMS PAID
£40,000,00
Silk Yarn (Artificial)
04.3
*45.1
41.3 51.4
Blankets (Wool and Union) 105.2 Flannels
362.4 ... 105.0 Suitings & Tweeds (woollen). 81.8) 93.0
156.5
42.0
118.1 135.2 128.3
385.5 354.0 337.1
94,1 101.0. 80.0
UT APPOINTMENT
METALS AND MINERALS
Brass Sheets ... 09.0 Yellow Metals Sheathing 95.8 Coal
88.1
Iron and Steel Bars
93.5
124,7
131.2
127.1 100.4 100,1 09.0 189.5 118.8 110.0 118.7
118.8 -118.7
· 114,2
108.2 40.12 114:3 *85.7 04.3 80.3
110.3
114.8 119.6 114.7 101.0... 136.4 172.9 130.4 150.8 142.0 124.3 121.1 72.0 103,7
87.3 03.7 - 01.0 97.0 919.0 300.0
243.7 354.6! 98.5 131:8 152,1 150,2 125.3 91.1 87.5 ZÓJA.
72.7 08.0 160.4 177.4 150,3 147.8 146.D
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THE CHILDREN'S CORNER
COCKLES AND MUSSELS
Of course, when you are at the sonido you will go hunting for cockles and mussels, and the cockles
may give you a number of surprises, for they are most lively little fel-
lows, and, unless you cover your
catch, a number of them may hop clean out of your pot, and race you to water's edge..
The cockle is one of the burrowers, and he has a foot which he uses very much as the razor shel! uses his. He does not like to be out of
the water for any length of time, so you must look for him in rather soft, muddy parts of the beach.
When the een goes back he quick- ly buries himself in the wet sand, and stays there until the tidle, risen
again. Bomething must give him warning that the water is on the little way, for, when it is still distance from his bufrow out he comes and dashes down, to meet it in a series of hops.
His foot is his means of progress. He uses it like a spring to hurl himself into the air and carry him- self forward. If you are standing between a Bocklo-bed and the sea
when the tide is rising, you will be pelted with cockles rushing blindly to the water. You will stand and laugh at them for it is a gay, amusing sight.
Mussels are much more peace-loy- ing creatures. They like to be quiet, and they choose sheltered harbours. for a home, and stick to one parti- cular spot, as though nothing would ever make them move.
P
BY
UNCLE JACK
WIGGEROG'S CARNIVAL
The gibberwink and the lipood
Slept on a mossy log Their hearts in tune with the yel-
low moon Which brightened Wiggereg
All Wiggerog was astir that
night—
The cleaves and millerjoks Were out arrayed. in air
now vesta
best
.
All bearing silver clocks. The bleese and wurves and 'tilli-
curves
Along with the greeps and wints Set forth to see all the sights that
night.
As they munched on pepper-
mints.
QUARANTINE:
** Forging," altering, or `attering knowingly and wilfully, any certi fiento of quarantine shall be ad- judged felony and punished with denth without benefit of clergy."
This solemn passage occurs in an Act of George III, dated 1905, and refers to the certificate granted by the pratique-master releasing a ves- vel, or otherwise, from quarantine.
Quarantine, meaning forty days, was the period for which ships com- ing from foreign ports were liable to be solated in case of infection, but, although the term is in general use at the present time, medical in- spection by port authorities has su- perseded the quarantine procedure
of the past.
Vessels arriving from abroad re- quiring, or required to show a clean bill of health, still By the old yel-
infected ship the flag "L," which is black and yellow quarterly.
They sang and marched to the low flag, "Q" and to indicate an
lively strains
Of Wiggerog reed' band; While blisscrwooves and culver
blika
Did pyrrhics on the sand.
New instructions coming into force at the end of next year pro- vide for Q" being flown "L" in the latter signed; and
over
Through all the noise and gayety"Q" with a pennant-shaped sub-
Which weke calm Wiggerog The gibberwink and the lilipood Slept on, on their mossy lug."
D. J. W.
POUR LES PETITS
YESTERDAY'S
TRANSLATION
My little brother is called Philip.
You know, their black shells, of He is eighteen months old. HA course, with the beautiful blue-pearl plays on the floor on a mat of pala Jining, which they only open when blue wool.
the sea washes over them.
They use their foot to weave a number of thronds into what in cail- Fed the "byssus" or "beard,”- and with this beard they attach theid- selves firmly to rocks or break- waters, or to another mussel. Often you will find large olusters, all firmi
71.8 70.4 68.4 34.0
118.3 43.0 38.0 35.7
30.1 157.4 100.7 149.1 128.8 131.1 50.7 174,6 118.3 210.8 110.0
80.5 02:7 55.5 72.8 81.5
178.8 102.8 188.2 129.3 06.A
$14.3. 192,6- 218.0- -140,4- -117.9
E7,3 135.7 ∙144.1 124.7 114.7
-112.9-- ---If-you-can persuade, a fishermngh-
The Purist at the Window.
Haughty Lady (after purchasing
stamp): "Must I put it on my self
Polite Post Office Clerk: "No,
ly fixed together, with tiny stones madam, on the letter." and other shella mixed up in the threads. 1.
Art of Photography...
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stitute fing, yellow with upper and lower edges blue, below it, means; I am suspect, or there has been un- usual mortality among the rats on board my ship.
YESTERDAY'S PUZZLE
animals into the farm-house yester
Did you manage to get all the day? Here is the solution
Draw a line from a to e, another from a to the middle point of bd, and third from the middle point of bd to the middle point of be.
Now the animals are: Cent, Pig. Cow, Horse, Dog and Sheep.
Another Version,
The teacher had been reading the story of "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves" to hor class of small boys.
Customer—“! Entayga this porte When the renened the end abe
to open some of his cockles and muerait of myself, but leave the nose as closed the book and proceeded to 117.7sels for you to look inside, you may it is.'
-108:5
-'80.5
08.3118.0 103.0 -130.2134.3
...129.0
1540
115.0
127.0 101.3
98.3.
Gloucester Building
31.8 180.5
Sulphuric Acid
136.112.9,
145.9
·137.2 - 126.1 ·
128.6
111.4.
138.7. ·122.0
78.4
70.3.
84
AND REFRIGERATOR
EXHIBITION
15th and 17th Nov.
Soda Ash
-147.7 141.3*
87,5
76.0
Bulphate of Ammonia
find the tipiest crab in the world- the pen crab, so called because it is no bigger than a pen. These crea- Lures live inside the cockle and unus sof abella, comfortably and happly, and, the cookies and mussels are: quite content to share their houses. 98.7 with them.
You Know
Mrs. Youngbride: "I want some lamb, please."
Butcher: What: part, madgon Mrs. Younghrida; “ The part you eat mint sauce with."
question them regarding the story,
|
"Now, can anyone tell me," she zaid, “ what Ali Baba said when he
wanted to open the entrance to the cave?”
*Lão, child, an ardent u FORDJY promptly replied;
Open, sex-me ['1⁄2
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