The
NEW SERIES No. 8919
CONTENTS/
Births and Deaths.
Loading Articles:--
Oplam Alarmists.
Our Free Port,
Our American Visitors. Watering-Cart Bullocks, Great Biltain's Mercantile Marina Trade Hongkong's stimates, Opium Plasting."
·Meetings —
Lexislative Council.:
Del Asbestos Erstem Agency, Lid.
United *ingapore Robber.
The Hongkong Hotel Ca', Ltd.
Legal Intelligenes:-
Claim by Official Receivar,
A Question of Abscooding Delondants.
A Habeas Corpus Can
Interim Urcer Suspended.
The MotoCar C11
Police:
The Biter Bit.
Miscellaneous Articles and Reports:-
Hongkong Gymkhams Club.
Kowloon Ferry ervicel,
The Accident to the Halching,
Movements of British Waxebips.
Boys' Own Club.
Vasco de Goma..
Notes by the Way.
Supreme Court,
Fatora of Chosen.
Victoria Recrea ion Cinb.
The Wreck of H.M 9. Bedford.
A Matter of Loout Standi.
The Harbor Kace.
Water Return.
Taa Trono Mines.
The Stranded 5 camer Prylow
Rescue Chinese team to. Amer can Touris in oogkong.
U. S. Consul General,
The New Water Carts"
Pokfalun Water Supply.
Canton Day by Day.
Collupio at Lyndhurst Terrace,
Victoria Diocesan Conference, Shamaen Note",
Zafiro Se zed.
Yawataruin a Typhoon,
Chlocie la Sau Francico.
Parl-Mutuel in Japar.
"utnam Weale" on the Fuinta of China. Peking.
The Seamen's Instituta.
Canton Opium Trade,
·Fire on the Aunchów, Colour Vision at Sea..
Osaka Sosen Kaisba.
Another Chinese Failure.
The Stranded sir, Proteur.
Open Air Concert,
Malacca. læstation.
The Budget Speech.
A Rice Dealer's Bankruptcy.
A Restaursiers & Tuiri,
Wi.diegop of on Estate,.
New B. and A. Liner.
The Macao Question Nicla
The Appropriation Bill.
Steamship Accident.
U.S. Trausport Warran
Interpart Swimming.
Typhoon Warning..
End of "City of Petion." Pari-Mattel in "okin The Batis of Mukdeo. Trade of Newchwang. HMB, Bedford D.sattes.. Fire Fighting App'i.cces Local and General Commercial:-
Weekly Share Kepart, Rubber Share Ma ket,' Yarn Market Freight Market. Bullion.. Exchange,
Hongkong Telegraph.
第三十月八年二統官
terests of British traders must be con
SUPPLEMENT.
(ESTABLISHED 18815)
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1910.
from the days of Marco Polo has been a free port shall no longer remain so. In re pect of its now legislation Hongkong has brought upon itself the attention of Mr. Lloyd George whose sympathies are not thote of the Colony by any means, Ar matter of fact, our Governor was acting in detrimentally opposite direction as regards the Home policy when he gave the stamp of his approval to the Grdinance that shat tered Hongkong's position as a free port That His Excellency did right nobody can deny. Sir Frederick Lugard is a patriot all the way through. It was "up to hiiri" to find ways and cocas in order to keep
hardly room to wriggle around one another. The people, too, have fallen in for gross mirepresentation and the whole country has been put down as something to be avoided. The truth may be started abroad by the several mesos open to a dissemination but that generally fails to accomplish the purpose and after all the best way to get at and establish the facts to have men see for themselves. Hence it is that Manila is more than happy in wel. coming this large party of visitors. They are given an opportunity to see things for themselves, to live for a few days under the alarming conditions that beset the regular
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GREAT BRITAIN'S MERCANTILE the Imperial Chinese returns Without la
MARINE TRADE.
(15th September.)
videoumem we shall take the case of Dairen which of course is a Japanese based port but at the same time amply exemplifies all the By the last mail some striking figures have Treaty ports in China. This is what the emanated from London with reference to the Japanese. Commissioner has to say in his r position which Great Britain occupies in jur firms is a sign of the development of trade portiThe increase in the number of foreign distinction that it has an against other at Dairen. In 1998 there were one Ameri uropean or American trading nations. The can and five British arms in 1909 one. American Press, which is generally uct slow American, Are British, ono French, and two in its comments upon Imperial trade, admits German Erms were added, to this number, that the coastal business is all in favour of making a total of 15; besides ons Russian the British for in a way the Americans ought firm and eight Greek shops. In addition
conserve their own interisland cargo and creral Chinese firms from Chefoo, New passengers between Philippines port Aschwang and Shanghai have established! deliver the goods irrespective of American companied by a corresponding increase of bottoms: On the face of it, this is not as coastal shipping The South Maschutla every nation ought to reap the ad service to Shanghai in August, 1908, has, forty-eight years' progress in merchant ship Messrs. Amboid, Karberg & Co. each open aage of its own enterprise. In a simis since May gog, had two steamers on the lar spirit a Pacific Coast journal repeats that run, while Messrs. Butterfield & Swire and ping in the United Kingdom and the ed towards the end of the year a weekly principal maritime countries is presented by service to Shanghai oid Cheloo and Tsingtau. The gigantic extent of Great Britain's mari- Atatistics in a Board of Trade Blue Book, time supremacy is shown in the following comparison of the tonnage of British and foreign vessels entered and cleared in-the year 1860 and 1908, the latter being the latest year dealt with:
| ing into law any of ità suppressive measures. taxed out of court by previous regulations..year for travelling 'în 'the isleads; It is the it should be for the simple reason that Railway Company, which began a weekly
notice.
means or fout. Hence the instructions to its Peking correspondent to write upon one side of the case only, the side that suits its putatively honest but obviously over-stated points of fact, Just a little while ago the same willer alleged that there were certain newspapers lu the East pandering to the opium trade and keeping in hand articles rebuttive of these attacks: in fact, they were supposed to keep a score of head-lines standing for future use whenever the opium question came under discusion. In that group, whether it exists or no, the Hongkang Telegraph does not take a place While denouncing the immoderate use of the drug like any other branches This urged again and again that the inof Colonial revenue, and perhaps the best ments, And the community will be very British shipping runs in, gots the cargo' and of arms carrying on business has been no
source of revenue was impost upon alcoholic glad to accept their judgments, The pre liquors, seeing that oplum had already been sent is not the most are made. It is the So far we are in our infancy as regards our scatou of rain dod storm and the sun customs, regulations, but we have the satisi still close enough to make itself felt, not the only Crown Colony in financial the country la willing to an art to ex facilon, such as it is, of knowing that we are especially in the middle of the day. But trouble, Down in Singapore their troubles amination and comparison with a great many are not far to seck, apparently. There. they other countries even at this time of year." cojoy the pleasure of a fixed exchange unlike A already stated, we welcome our American the varying dollar that applies to Hong viitors and hope they will find things copy: kong In the meantime, the Straits Settle able in our Colonial administration. Whe mente are concerned about the reading of ther or no such be the case, we have the the Shipping Bill in the Legislative Council pleasure of their presence for the time being where a great deal of difference of opinion and we are sure that the hospitality of Hong appears to be shown to between the official' kong will not fall far short of the well known and the non-official sides, The Singapore hospitality of Manila. érez Aress describes the orduance as an "instrument of war," and as a matter of fact the description does not fall very short of the mark, The champion of the measure in the main is the Hon. C. W. Darbishire, whose knowledge of things shipping is recognised by a', and this is what he says inter alia "The Hoo. Member who introduced the motion (Dr. Galloway in my opinico put forward no evidence at all, except hearsay evidence, in support of his contention that Shipping Conferences had been injurious to the interests of the Colony, He opened his speech with a more or less accurate account
sidered fully by the Government when pass In commas law, the ordinary employee in able to claim a month's wages in lieu of up to the same when the case comes under And the employer is found to act judicial jurisdiction, But here in the case of the Opium Farmer he is asked to put in a tender for three years on a certain understanding and before, lie has had time to get his footing, so to speak, he is a
saddled with restrictions that render him incapable of carrying out his con- tract. The main point which Mr. Moore misses is that the anti opium movement is harmful to many British merchants in the East.
These sime merchants care no more for the opiụm trade than does the most rampant virago in Exeter Hall except for this fact that they liavo made futward- contracts which they muit fulfil at any cost. It does not require to be said that they are doing their best to meet their liabilities but it is quite patent that some of them are doing so at immense sacrifices. In consequence of the enhanced taxes on opium, illegal snuggling is greater to day thao over it was before, and the sole question for the Customs authorities to answer is, whether it is better to institute thoroughly effective and preventive methods
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WATERING-CART BULLOCKS.
(14th September.)
HONGRONG'S ESIIMAIRS,
(16th September.)
At the Legislative Council yesterday, His 186 Tonk. 19ot, Tous, Increas, Tuns, Excellency Sir Henry May made the cur Hritish 391,923 77,069,770 63,354,849 tomary address incidental to the submission. Fatigu774369 83.570424, 41,002,055
of the annual Budget. The revised Estimates The proportion per cent of British to total for 1910, he explained, showed that from tounage in 1860 was 56.4; in 1908 It was ordinary and extraordinary revenus there 39.a. The most important of the British was expected to yield a sum of 56,909,069, or a discussion of a rather remarkable kind, with tonnage entered, of 11,194,073; a saving of $45.002 was counted upon on At the Sanitary Board yesterday there was pons in ordes of tonnage are: London $728 less that had been anticipated; while But of course that is no new thing where the Liverpool, with 7,973,123; Cardiff, 6,027, the total expenditure for the current year. Sanitary Board are concerned. It will he 397; the Tyne poke, 5,554,724, From this These mater, if realised, will rempit to a remembered that quite recently that body it will be seen that Hongkong has lost its credit balance of $1,589, which, added to decided upon the introduction of bullock ancient place in the history of the world's the balance of ariels accrued on 31st Decem labour for its street watering carts and im- powers and no longer can claim second ber, 1909, will give a balanco of assets on ported auinsals accordingly for baulage pur-place in the scheme of the world's armaments. 31st December, 1910, of $1,354:758. These poses. So far, the bullocks have been hav. However she still retains high rank in the figures, however, are not very interesting un of the reasons for the formation of the Coniug a pretty easy time of it, considering that international game and if necessary to keep less as an evincement of the acumen and or to exercise wholesome control of theference and for the necessity of the active we bave had rain almost every day of late, her end up when the worst comes to the precision of our Colonial rulers of finance.- opium traffic when it has passed into the co-operation of some of the merchants here. thereby doing away with the necessity of every worst. To turn one's thoughts towards of more interest are the Estimates for hext hinterlands. Our owa opiniod is that the He then referred to the report of the Sub.day watering by artificial means. But as it Home one cannot possibly take the rame latter course is the more beneficial. The Committee of the Chamber of Commerce in happens, some ultra compassionate member fortuitous view. Ao eminent scientist says: possible. Those estimates as a whole show a your, in which a good deal of speculation is tex-gardens utterances of Cantos arc more 1907 which was based upon and contained a of this community has been complaining to "The Budget duties have decreased the deficit of Sa98,927. Of this $204,000 is dus powerful in their own way than all glaringly misleading record of the progress the Board President. Mr. Wolfe, that the convictions for drunkenness by about.ro per to the Mongkoktrui Harbour of Refuge, the the vapourings of Exeter Hall and the of our export trade. Of the inconsistencies, treatment which the bullocks undergo in the cent. It naturally follows that the people expenditure on which in excess of special former generally contain a great deal narrow-mindedness, and absolute lack of any course of their daily work approaches the have more money to spend on food." A Light Dues is chargeable to surplus balances more sense than is to be found in Fleet evidence of commercial understanding in this inhuman, and due cognisance has been taken few years since it was the fashion in certain It is Raticipated that the Imperial Govern Street. As we know, Mr. Moore has been paper it is unnecessary for me to tell, but of the complaint, with the result that changes circles to sneer on every possible occasion out to the Rast quite a long time; yet his allusion I must take to thestatement in which by the sanction of the Board are about to beat British enterprise, Joho Bull, we were promised to do, in respect of the current ment will make a contribution, as it has recent writings put us in mind of another Mr. Stuart attempted to show that the pelt effected. We are all acquainted with the told, was played out, and cartoonists loved year, towards the loss incurred by the Colony journalist who before he had been twenty loss of Singapore export trade io to years Biblical precept about "His yoke being to deplet him as a tout, feable, facid and on the letting of the Opium Farm. This Chartered Bank of India, Australia & China. minutes in the country started to write to since the Conference began was 5,746,000 easy,od therefore not liable to abusive valetudinarian. An estimable, Home paper contribution thould more than cover the journals about "we who have rubbed shoul piculs, I wonder if the hon. member who speech or condemnation. In Hongkong, it says In thle connection that John is deficit amounting to 595,000, exclusive of ders with the Japs," etc. Mr. Moore would brought this paper forward as proof of the ur seems, the hearts of some citizens are still a very lively invalid. be wise if he abstained from any further gent need of legislation to relieve our throttled not so Binty as was the case in ancient after trade and manufacture after manufac Refuge. The Estimated Revenue for 1911 "In trade the portion due to Mongkoktaul Harbour of made-to-order articles on theppium question. trade ever took the trouble to add up the Israel but on the contrary are soft as ture we still lead the world both absolutely, is $7,086,383, of $177,586 more than the They may gull the London public and be totals of the two periods ante and post- the clay in the potter's hands. The Pre and comparatively. We are still the world's the approved estimate for 1910. The prin- acceptable to the palate of super-Radical Conference. If he had done so be would sident of the Sanitary Department explained carrier, the greatest shipping nation, the cipal items of lncrease are $125,000 under readers, but to men who have lived have found that in every kem except pepper to the members in a written minute that the premier cotton manufacturer, the fore Liquor Duties, $20,000 on Stamp Duties. their lives out in the East they are and gambier there were increases in ship-epartment were practically losing the full most woollen producer, stop in iron and $87,000 in traffic receipts on the Rail The Hongkong Canton piening, Weaving not only unconvincing but condemna, mente during the Conference regime. Mr. benefit of bullock traction by using two manufacture; and the money centre of the way. Decreases are under the Opium Farm,
and Dyeing Co., L1.
tory of their author. To take this pass Stuart passed over gutta jelutong, oilcake, wheeled instead of four-wheeled carts. It spheres. age, for instance That China's hatred pineapples altogether with the remark that would entail a considerable saving if four- the progress of merchant shipping of the Expenditure for 1911 $7,385,320, or The tables published showing and under Pontage, $68,900, The Estimated of the foreigner is due in part at any rate, to they were sew business or shown in values wheeled carts were introduced, and to this principal maritime countries give one $433,778 more than the approved estimate his commerce in opium is locontestable, in only. Cea you cooceife of anything more experiment, he took it that members would very reassuring evidence of our supremacy, for 1910. The increase in expenditure, spite of the stalement of Lord Curzon, when ridiculous or unreasonable? Our exports of have no objection to raise. The objections The total amount of tonnage in the British exclusive of Public Works Extraordinary, Viceroy of India, that the Chinaman no more pines alone in the post Conference period taken at the last meeting at which the sub- Empire has steadily risen since 1850-the $669,003, and in Public Works Ex- dislikes the Briton for bringing him better exceeded the ante Conference period on his ject was discussed were to the dangers-con- first year in which tables in the prescot form traordinary, there is decrease of Sa35 opium than the Briton dislikes the French own showing by 20 million dollars and the nected with the rotary sprays. He attached are available from just over 4,000,000 to 25. It is to be hoped that Sir Henry man. for making better brandy, For half a reduction to pepper and gambier produca minute by Inspector keldie explaining the 13,263,354 in 1908. Fifty years ago the May's anticipation anent the contribution century the Chinese have been crying out, tion is no doubt due to the withdiawal of working of these rotary sprays, but he did United States mercantile marine had most from the Imperial Government materialises, whether rightly or wrongly, against the "fore capital and labour from their development not wish to press the innovation. If men of the carrying trade between Great Britain for if not the Colony will be saddled with a igner "on the score of opium. The very name for transfer to pines. The true facts of the bors considered that the box spray or the and the United States. The year before last very nasty debit balance. At any rate, there of the drug, "foreign earth," is evidence of case are, if, fastead of juggling with figures ordinary spray as supplied to the present British vessels had about fourteen times as is some consolation in the fact that the the association in the Chinese mind. Ir and shuffling with lustres, the totals of the ears would be more effective and less liable much as the American. While it is impos Government at Home have practically given deed, the anti-foreign feeling in Chios has two periods are compared, that there is an to get out of control it could be affixed to sible to give exact comparison between our their promise to come to the assistance of much to do with the remarkable campaign, increate in the second over the first ten years the new cart. The latter should, however, own merchant shipping and that of other Hongkong in the plight in which its finances which those addicted to the use of opium, no of 6 s60,000 piculs and over and above that be of the four-wheeled type to save time and nations, we can say this--in comparing them were placed by the peremptory suppression Leat than those for whom it has no tempta there are twenty million dollars worth of further to enable them to gain the full ad in any possible way it would be a caso of of the oplum inde a most important factor tions, are waging on behalf of their country, pines' In one way it is a pity that Mr.vantage of the new form of traction. Anyone England first and not second. These en in the Colony's tradal prosperity hitherto, The Chinese declare that the "foreigner" arbishire is not stationed in Hongkong who has lived in India or in Malaya, where couraging returns would give still more co- As for the much needed typhoon shelter at brought this curse upon them (opium prob where he would find a formen worthy of his bullock traction is practically the only form couragement if it were possible to report Mongkoksul, the charges The leviable on ably first came into China overland across steel in Mr. Murray Stewart whois a fighter of haulage, knows that the two-wheeled carts that British ships uniformly employed British surplus balances; and this year there should the Western borders); they see that by its from the word "go." However, we like to re- are common to the country and that the sailors. Here, however, one has to admit be no additionally increased ordinary, ex... consumption the foreigner grows rich while produce Mr Darbishire's utterances even from four-wheeled variety in almost-unknown, the growing and dangerous tendency of penditure under this head. As regards On September 10, 110, at Shanghat, the wife they grow poor and they know that the fore far-away Singapore, for they are the utter. Why the Savitary Board should be so British shipowners, while cagaging British railway matters, special interest attaches to of O. H. Ritter of a daughter (Lucy Elizabeth),igner's hold upon China, which they desire to ances of a fearless man who is utterly supersensitive in this matter it is difficult officers, to have say but Britishers, in the His Excellency explanatory statement. On On September to, igio, at thonghai, to Mr. break, has, until the present revival, grown regardless of public opinion and sayeth that to imaginn. As well denounce a horse's focile. The time may come when we the British section of the Kowloon Canton *and*pired Widmann, a daughter (the lighter every year." Now, if Mr. Moore had which is in him. spa
collar because it galls the shoulder. Yet will have to legislate to prevent this, as Railway the cost of running is catimated studied Chinese life and compared it with
this is what the Colonial Veterinary Sur- Australia has done. We still lead the for next year at $183,000, of which $51,000, the living conditions which exist in, say,
goon minuted :-"The present cart took way notwithstanding Continental efforts to is to accordance with the usual railway peac France or in Scotland be must have seen
200 gallons or about 2,000lbs. of water. It oust us. As long as it remains for the tice in the first year of open line, charged to that it is as useless to attempt to eradicate
w two-wheeled and therefore part of the benefit of the antions, long may its reign capital, Interest on advances for construc opium amoking as it is to stop absinthe con
weight must be carried by the bullocks on continue. When it ceases to be generally tion amount to $410,000. This is a new "sumption"or"whisky-drinking. Japan may
the necks. As the water moved while being beneficial to all concensed then disaster will charge on revenue account, as such, interest the occasion, but in Japan it is a notorious
and especially so on uneven surfaces or when ancient Greece and Rome. In despite of tion. Another new sum of $65,37% has been carried so did the weight on the animal vary, surely follow as it came about in the case of has hitherto been debited to cost of construc fact that temperate as her people are there
turning. A certain weight must always be the bad times at Home denoted by strikes inserted under this head, being a half-year' has been since her suppression of the opium 114, the company comes to see and study on the nook so as to prevent the cart tipping and rumours of labour war the official payment of.1 per cent. to the Sinking Food both of native and foreign spirits. So in the furthering of American trade generally stating the use of more carts and bullocks another big increase in our export trade, althe Viceroy of Wuching and for railway purs trade marked increase of consumption things in the Far East witli a view towards up. Only a narrow track was watered neces- figures issued by the Board of Trade show respect of the Loan raised for advance to China, The Governor of the Straits Sttle in the Far East. We with them good luck to water a given surface. With four-wheeled though, as compared with July 1909, there poses generally. The contribution is at the meats, tit John Anderson, in commenting in their Eastern tour and trust that their carts taking 400 gallons there was no weight is a falling off in imports. This is apparent rate of 1 per cent per annum and commenced upon this same subject some two years sojourn in Far Eastern ports will prove of op the bullocks at any time, turning was rather than real, for the July of this year with the second half of 1917. Of course, ago remarked that he was fearful that the value, Our friends have come by way caaler owing to the larger wheat base, more contained five Sundays, as against four in these railway charges are bound to be te aull-opium, laws then passing through the of Manila and this is the comment than double the width of the street was July 1909. There was thus one working duced considerably once the railway is in full, evil; and assuredly they
watered and fewer carts and bullock were day les Here are the figures-for-the-working order and fr earning a reventay buk direction for the trade returns of Singapore The cordial welcome which Manila has was only to be mored at the beginning of the show that there exists a growing demand for given to the members of the large party fouracy, and as the casts proceeded the cheap foreign spirits. After perusal of the brought to the Orient under the auspices of weight lessened. On fairly level roads the Chinese Customs reports which have just the Los Angeles Examiner is in lue with amount of work done by each pair of bul- come to hand for the past year, we recognise the spirit of the community. Manila and locks in the two-wheeled or four-wheeled carts the same state of affairs and we can only the Philippines have always been dominated: would be practically the same, lo the four- conclude by saying as wo have done before by the spirit of hospitality. The record goes wheeled carts there was a heavier pull, but "Bridle opium as you may but attempt not back to the olden days and those who have this was compensated for by the absence ila extirpation by law.
it in keeping now are true to it? And begging of the load and by the less sides hospitality, civic pride is at stake at wear and tear on the bullock's legs and this time.111 reports to conditions in feet through having less weight to carry Manila and the Philippines have gone abroad and in downhill work by the brake doing (13th September)
and the whole community is anxious to be the holding back Instead of the bullocksc set right. The climate of the country Be Aller considerable discussiod the keird Whilst statesmen at Home are worrying been set down as the wort in the Tropics agreed to purchase four wheeled
Free Trade as opposed in Tariff Reform and health conditions have been pictured Of the two-wheeled vehicles at
have had the problem solved with dark colours, Evan the mo powers existing, bave laid it supposed to be especially forbe that Hongkong
Almost" for saskos and other replie
BIRTHS.
On September 3, 1915, at Shangbai, to the wife of Wilbur T. Gracey, Ar erican Consul, ason (Wilbur Yale)
Angust 6, at Partickhill, Classes, wife of C. B. Gile, of Hongkong, daughter..
On September 9, 130, at Stanghai, China, to
Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Thomas, a fon.
→ September 11, 1918, at Shangbai, the wife
G.Elford Griffis, of a sor.
DEATHS,
Os September, 2010 At Shapghai O. Kanadymaturants "F*** Găng: fed 24 years.
On September rigto, at Swataw, John Ayl-be cited as a shining example apposite to
ward Church 11, FR C.S., LRCS, Lasdas, the only son of John Foo:on Churchill, Eig, JP, Chesham, Bucks, England, aged thirty-five On September 8, 19th, al Weihniwal, Hugh Danalihorpe, daily beloved 2 of Hush and Ethel Campbell, aged two years and four
“mantha,
OUR AMERICAN VISITORS,
(13th September.) midst "the Examiner party from the United Today we have to welcome among our States of America. Numbering bo less than
Che Dangkong Gelegraph Legislative Council ey have tended in that tinable contemporary the Manila Time weeded-With both catifs the whole weight monia, and those for twrp previous Julya |
MAIL SUPPLEMENT, ISSUED GRATIE TO SUBSCRIDERS.
Hongkong, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1910,
OPIUM ALARMISTS,
(roth September.)
or two ago wo reproduced from on Morning Leader an article Mo Frederick Moore of Peking o High Hands Chlon and Ophim Traffic. That article, we pre The journal In to maintain l
Even if these compelled to
OUR FREE FORT,
the
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EXPORTS (including Keesports) July, 1920
When we turn to the total volume of trade for the seven months of the year the figures tell a tale of growing prospe
in the meantime it is untisfactory to see full allowance is being made in the tes for contingencies such delays or "constructional dif other notable, now babie provided for inter ada reconstruction of the old 37 an additional storey for (aacing the new rebalk
tens