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Malaya's Skin Dealers Have Started Tanning Process
Before the way, Singapore" exported considerable quantities of reptile skins to Europe, and during an average month, at Toast. 5.000 python skina would be shipped from here, together with as many as 20,000 lizard and 18,000 water snake skins. says the Malaya. Tribune.
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At that time, Germany was the main buyer of these, skins in the raw state, and two firms in the town' acted as their arents' for the purchase of suitable reptiles from all parts of the Malay Peninsula. The average priéé"paid for raw skids win In the region of $3 for a large sized pythons, 11.50 for an fèumā, and $1 for a water snaks
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1940, -PAGE 9.
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WINE" "DEPARTMENT
LONDON, Des. i (Reater)-Helsinki Arbetarbladet's lander entitled "American Help" sey#: "The United States Merchant
ORIGIN OF THE Navy comprises no small part in the international tonnage. The
SPITFIRE FUND United States with her 11,000,000 tons possess the world's second largest merchant fort. England naturally takes first place.
LONDON, Doc, 4 (Router)
But now the trade with Ger-completed each day. Tanned goat From the beginning, Euorpe's Together they rule half of the
an "eight million Credit for powers have world tonnage. When additionally reading military such seafaring nations as Norway, scarcely realised what it means sterling ideas goes to the Editor many has stopped and the Jap-akin has been found to be very
Greece turn over to fight all the present British of the West Indies newspaper, the apere have prohibited the pursuitable for the manufacture
chase of skins for import into shoes, wid handbagi Jamaica Gleaner." their ships to the Anglo-Saxon Empire. Btu less, have they
As mark of gratitude their country. local dealers have traffic, it means that England con- thought as to how they will fight
The rest, and - Inggist, goat trols the world's principal trafic.700,000,000 people, and larger RAF. lighters prowess in sweep- to rely upon whatever business It now seems that Britain has proportion of the world's food,ing the skies of German raidera there is from America, and the
Malayan goat being of an interior passed the war's moet critical industrial and raw material re- and squashing the projected pantries which are outside the skins are obtained from Java, the
vasion of Britain, the newspaper immediate war zone.
Many types of animal and ren broddar phase. She has been able to de-sources.
fund to present new
A Government scheme, bow- The British people are a stif-opened a
tile skins arrive at local factories fend her islands with her own re- sources and the fight for her necked breed and they have shown Spitfires to the BAF
The Ides spread throughout regularly. At the present time, ever, is under consideration, t Crocodile akin there present. rot, the improvement of colonies is only just beginning proof of a greater solidarity and
five the local breed, and it is proposed American help with time, will cohesion than usually exist be Britain and the Empire with such there is a
rapidity that tween the independent states,
Government which is 25 feet long and therefore take on an even more
America's help is B witness spokesman yesterday was able to feet wide, also a python skin 23 to import specially, selected goats offensive character.
Commons feet in length, both of these were and distribute them among anal- thereof and will be a decisive war inform the House of development.
that over £8.000.000 were already captured in Johore.. Some months holders, free of charge. It has xxo, a crocodile skin: 30 feet long been suggested that representa. contributed or promised.
tives froth the fieltural D Amid, cheers he expressed his was received from Sandakan.
should go to the Before the war, 75 per cent, or partment the crocodile akina from here were kampong and supervise, the despatched to "Germany, but now breeding of the gists, and... Léo all the tanning is done in amas. that proper methods are adopted.
The tanning process for goat pore.
that for Realising that any considerable skin is the
lizards. It is this colossa; industrial power kang, deputy director of the Over-
trade i reptile skins, of necesnakes, which is now being mobilised for sess Board of the Kuomintang
A fair general demand having sity, inust be postponed, enter Iguanas lime. acid, soda, and the war,
Central Executive Committee, Mr. Chi-
set in buyers increased their bids prising heal firms have com alum being the main essentials in Huang Chisheng, overseas
CHUNGKING, Dec. 4 (Central) and a fair business was done at menced to tan'goat skins, and at all cases Between the Atlantic flows
National
tie Skins are usually sold ta
-Important decisiona, have, been improved prices, particularly in the present time over 50 skins are steadily increasing stream of men, nese delegate to the
provisions People's Assembly, called
retail stores before they are cured" munitions, machines,
LONDON, Dee-4 (Heuber)An teached at the Health Conference and ammunition for account of Lin Sen, Chairman of the Na-Providents, Watsons, Cements, and
Telephones.
and tahinëd, and then a "tanning allegation that the recent Heavy summoned by the National Health BUYERS the British Military Commend. įtionst Government, yesterday.
tee, on a foot" baile is exports of gold from Portugal to Adminigration and concluded ou The war is intensifying, destruc-
EK, Banks. $1,270.
charged.
the United States might include November 24. DYZING PROCESS Canton Ins., $185.
billion seized by dermaby in 60%) Among them, were, thote con If a skin requires to be dyed, cupled countries was implied by a cerning wartime nutrition, anti- before leaving the factory, it is questioner in the House of Com-cholera and malaria measures,
prevention and cure of venérea..... treated with a vegetable extract, mons yesterday. such as gambler, or mangrove
HEAVY INDUSTRY What this means can be under- stood when one remembers that 40 per cent, of the world's heavy in- dustry exists in the United States. 1
Europe is no longer the world's į dominating industry centre as it was in the eighteenth
Overseas Delegate Sees Lin SenTM CHUNGKING, Dec. 4 (Central)
century, ' ---Accompanied by Mr. Chow Chi-
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During the interview, Mr. Huang tion increasing and hope for peace presented the Chief Executive Is evaporating.
banner as a token of respect,,
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Ropes. $6.80.
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CHINESE
HEALTH CONFAB
DECISIONS
Mr. Dalton. Minister for diseases, wartime rellatwork bark (kutch) both of which are Economie Warfare; However, stated among civilians, and institution of obtamed locally. Having been that a strict watch was being kept itata medicine, d
The decisions, will be referred tr $6.85 treated with gambler, or kutch, on all such shipments and if he
Volume of Business. Transacted on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 1949. SALES China Lts, (N.) C.D. China Providenti
Cements
5.16 the ins are neutralised with had reason to believe that any the National Health Administra 5.15 soda, and are then olled with fish consignment was German property tion for enforcement. 5.25 ofl.
OF HUNAN SBULOVAN, Des & (Central)-- legg together with it is used! but to save labour, there are ma-The Provincial Bank of Hansh *18.75
Having been treated with aibu shines to mix the elemicals in has established a branch osice at the large stone hatha and there are Shufiwan, which was formally meh. the skin is passed to 24.75 power driven polishing machine other machines to shave the skins opened for business. yesterday. to the required thickness: A re-Deposita received during the open- 10.00 (for final treatment.
Most of the work the loan) (volving: aniéry wheel serves as a day amounted to more thani
$1,000,000. tanning factory is done by hand.buffing pad for smoothing.
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Mercantile Bks. "A".
A brilliant finish is obtained by necessary action.
the smearing on albumen, in 17.75 form at ex-blood, df"if the case
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Dairy Farms
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210 1/16
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-500
18.70
$72
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H.K. Electrics (N) ...
33 50
16.25
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*3921
$1
80 ct
H.K. Telephone, (0.) 500 HK. Telephones (N.) 500
$150
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3.45'
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CHAOTIC CONDITIONS IN FRANCE
France appears at present to be a country where everyone is travelling and where travel conditions are at their worst.
If ever there has been chaos in a railway time-table it exists now on the French lines in the non-occupied xone, writes a. Dally ' Mau reporter.
No train by any conceivable chance ever makes a connexion with any other at any Junctions The usual thing is for one train to arrive at midnight and for the other to leave late the next afternoon.
Occasionally, somebody
makes moved. Each man has op
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the first train arrive at midnight right arms a-stampea white fras-
WE PAY HIGH PRICES and the second leave at exactly sard with the word "demobilisa *** for all gold and sliver articles, the same hour. That means that They crowd the railway stations gold Bars, diamonds and jewels. waiting rooms and $7.40 the unfortunate passengers have and
Every Apply China Gold Remming Co. $3.70 24 hours to walf, as even on the street in the vicinity of the räff-Pedder Building. 2nd floor, Room 8,
main lines there is rarely more way station in their thousanda, than one so-called express a day. There is little sign of Joy among Now with this railway confusion "them at the prospect of being able -often with old tracks, broken- to return home t down chaches, and wheezy locomo They Know they are a deleated diamonds, silver, etc. No holidays. tives there are millions of French army with the prospect of seeing Apply Chins Building, 7th floor. women and children travelling their country just a fawn in the Tell 30721. Eurasia Gold Ronning
There are still 1,400,000, Belgians game where orice she was queen, 1and Dutch to be sent back to thate
BITTERNESS homes. They are given specfti
Most of them appear to have trains which take them ever so slowly-I was told or one train some money, their haversacks are full; and they have food-white which, took 10 days to go Clermont-Ferrand to Brussels but bread and great hunks of cheese
and labs of ham #17 direct to their destination.
Buch trains run into siding They sit wearly to corners cut several times a day for food and ting at their bread with their hot drinks to be given to the weary curved clasp knives and taking an
occasional drink D
I have noticed that they keep men still to be demobilised, Roms very much to themselves in dis
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Then there are 2,000,000 French
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ORDERS TAKEN for hand-made sweaters, Ladies Jumpers, Bables outats, etc., at $5.00 each for POSTAGE STAMPS workmanship.
Wool and model desired, to be supplied by customer.
Bend particulars of address, eta,
to Box 502,, HKDP.
The "WE" have an outstand-
of them can go home on their tinctive age groups.
In one corner you will see mening assortment of latest American they live in the non- own it Succupied sane. But all those in of 40 and over-led veterans dresses for all occasions and price the occupied zones have to travel of the last war. These do not to suit all purses. Call at "Vanity 12.30 in convoys with official card at talk much. When they do it is Shop" (Lazarna) Pedder Street.
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There
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Near thera but never mixing with them will be the youngsters.
Experienced Book-keeper Wants has been no time or those of 20 to 25, who have seen Students to form a class. Guaran- money or opportunity to fit all their first wa. They seem more tee students to keep a whole set of the demobilised men with civilian discontented, and sus clothes, so they are being sent Their sidert ad
victory they have on!
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badges of rank and regiments
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