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RICE CONTROL.
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THE HONGKONG “ TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, JANUARY 30,71920.
tons of Saigon long, but when CATHOLIC FATHER.
up
it
the rice came to be sifted to prepare
for export W3S found that only 500 tons of the long rice existed, the remainder being round. As the had already been sold after much correspondence the rice
the consignees Government at Canton permited in America the export of 10,000 piculs of there refused to altesthe amounts Wuhu rice by the Kuangtung of each class contracted for and Food Relief Association to the it as necessary to go into the Tung Wah Hospital at Hengkeng market and buy 3,000 tons of at a price of $6.70 a picul. The long rice Tung Wah Directors showed necessary amount. great energy in erecting a number of matsheds in Victoria Shaukian and, Aberdeen where many thousands of very poor people were supplied free of cost with a mixture of boiled rice and salt, known as congee, twice a day. This system of relief con- tinued for several weeks and was most useful in preventing a great deal of distress.
An attempt was also made to get rice from the Hunan Province of China rh Shanghai. H. M. Minister at Feking and the Consul at Changsha did all they could and the Government was favour able to the project, but owing to the stipulations of the Governor of Hanan the price demanded was prohibitive so that the offers
THREATENED BY PIRATES.
The January number of the Religiao e Putringnder the head- ing "Sensational Case." says, that the Rev.
Shui Hing Superior of the Mission, whilst on
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Father Henriques, OUR BUTCHERY DEPARTMENT
B visit to
Po the the Catholics of
Pin, was threatened by pirates, who demanded $2,000 within five days. He went iramediately to see the Mandarin, at Sun Hein, who, being a Catholic himself, gave him all the his power and recommended the missionary
to make
This was effected at a price of about $13.50 apicul, which meant a loss on the net price obtained in Americe of about $1.75 a picul. The 3.000 tons of discarded round rice were subsequently sold at about the same price as would has been obtained in America.
assistance in
Po
to stay with him at Sun Hin, but as the rev. A repert was called for as to gentleman has to every how the confusion between long day to Pa Pin to instruct the and round rice had arisen. It Catholics and prepare those who to receive baptism, the appeared that originally the books have we made out to show the differ- Mandarin supplied soldiers to
hin to ent qualities of rice, long, round, accompany
every morning and and broken, and any other other Pin
used on the foreign back, as it is dangerous to remain ras market, but as this classification there at night. was unnecessary for local sales no distinction was subsequently made between long and round rice as the price was the same, and the books were drawn up ac- The Indian Government sane-gon.ingly. The error caused a tioned the export of 3.750 tons of rice from Rangoon and this rice the has recently arrived in Colony. Through the generosity of the frm of Messrs. Nemuzee
made had to be refused.
With such protection assurad the pirates could not get the $2,000 and were unable to do any harm to the missionary.
loss of nearly $140,000 on a purely SIBERIAN REFUGEES wel sical point of difference in maling the contract with the An rican buyers,
& Co.. about two-thirds of this actions in rice up to the ending-Miss Judah, 2nd contri-
rice
in
order
The cost to the Celony of the of the year 1910 will be well over $20,000. The price of the rice bought at Saigon was much en hand by the high rate of dis- Cour on the Hongkong dollar ut al n. The cost of 13,750 tons ingen currency was $3,072,300, the quivalent in Hongkong cur- ran being $3.766.2117 a differ- ene of $693.911. When negotia ton were begun for selling rice
For the collection for the above. thanks are given, for gifts of clothing and boots, to the follow- bution: M. F.A. Mackintosh, 2nd contribution; Mr. H. C. Sandford, Miss Goggin, Mrs. Ross Thomson, Mrs. A. H. Harris, Amoy
The $300.00 mentioned last week was spent on:-Sewing cotton: needles, pins, thimbles; women's and children's combina. tions: children's bonnets, gloves socks: scarves ; men's and rocks.
is being carried free of freight to Hongkong.
Appendix II. shows the total amount of rice purchased by the Government up to the 30th Sep- tember, the only further purchase being hecessed in November with comple the terms of a contact for the sal of the on consignment to America. This will be dealt with
to America the rate of exchange Thanks are due to at a later stage of the report. "
The ride purchased was divid- was about eighty gold dollars for Lane, Crawford. ed into three classes under the one hundred "Hongkong dollars, Agency, Messrs. "designations Hongkong No. 1 Șand when the exchange was fixed 2, and No. 3. and the reen-it had risen to ninety-five gold dol- mendation of the Committee to lars for one hundred Hongkong fix the price of the three grades doliers. The rice was sold at 205 at 20, 16, and 2015 cents a catty respectively was adopted. These prices were altered a few days later to suit the usage of Chinese buyers to 5 catties- $1.7 caries
$1, and 9 cattles - $1. and before the end of August the price was further reduced to 5 catties $1. 7 147 catties- $1. and 10 catties- $1. No. A rice was Saigon round or long, No. 3a mixture of Saigon round or long with an equal amount of broken rice, and No. 3
rold dollars a short ton for 10,000 tons and the diference in the amount to be received at exchange of and 95 is $494.605, the 5gures being as follows:-
10000 tons at G. $205 a ton
it Exchange of 80-$2,562,500 at Exchange of 95 2,117,895
Freight
10 America
2404,605
also
period. The halance
a mixture of one-fifth Saigon ros from G $23 during the round or long with four-fifths broken rice.
Sales of Government rice took place up to the 3rd September as
follows:-
No. 1
-No. 2
No. 3
2,853 piculs
8.838
56,124
an
of the total los incurred on the purchase and sule of rice is made up of actual reduction in the price at which local sale had to be made of rice bought locally, rent of downs, freight on rice from Saigon and Rangoon, commissions on sale of Government rice, in-
Messrs. the Central Loxley and
Co., and Messrs. Wing On, for enabling the money to go so far. Messrs. Loxley are thanked for sending packing cases.
Parcels and donations, marked with the name and address of sender, and "Siberian Refugees," can he sent to:-Mrs. N. J. Stabb, St. John's Place. Garden Road: Mrs. Moorhead, 159, The Peak; Mrs. L. Dunbar, 7, Queen's Gardens, and also to Helena May Institute.
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1 will be clear from the above 5.30 p.ni. on Friday, 6th February. the Colony from Kuungtung. An excellent quality of rice was thus that whatever sum in dollars re- All those who wish to attend are available for consumption in the preventing the lose is eventually invited to do so. Colony at the comparatively low arrived at will scarcely indicate
price of $8 a picul.
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The entries to-date in the above Race, which is to be run for the beer receiving during the past crisis. First, a world shortage of
An exhibition game will take Hongkong Telegraph Cup four months a supply of excellent cereals combined with a partial the
Kuangtung at a low failure of the rice crop in Siam, place at the Palace Hotel, Kow-Saturday, February 21st, at 3 market, the question immediately rice from
on Monday night "2od p.m., number no less than 128. arese as to what was to be done price, but it is more than probable one of the principal producing loon,
abnormai Feb., between Mr. E. D. Gold This number includes five British with the rice imported by the this if the Government rice had areas; secondly, an Government and bought locally, not been here a considerably high-trade situation in Indo-China leading, the winner of the silver cup officers. The following analysis Some of the latter already shower price would have been demanding to such a rise in exchange rates in the recent Handicap at the of the entries is given by the ed signs of deterioration and ired. The indirect advantage to the as to make the price of rice in the above Hotel, and Mr. W. Pitt, Race Sub-Committee:-H.M.S. ex-champion of the Colony, who Hawkins, 24; H.M.S. Carlisle, 1; was decided to sell the rice Colony of the policy of non-inter-currency of the Colony almost pro- bought in the New Territories at ference with the ordinary rice hibitive; thirdly, the increase in for eight years held the cham-H.M.S. Alacrity, 1; H.M. Sub- $8 a picul and to make enquiries trade cannot be reckoned in dol- the sterling value of silver during pionship. Mr. Golding, it will be marines, 6; R.G.A, 1; Wilts. Regt.. as to the best markets in which lars but the gain is so manifest the critical period from about 48 remenbered, in the last Palace 44: H.K.S.B.H.G.A., 17; 74th Pun- to sed ad the remainder with that the policy requires no justifi-pence to 75 pence an cunce: and Hotel tournament final compiled a jabis, 17; 2/22nd Punjabis 6: fastly, the unexpected arrival in beautiful break of 105 and through- Hongkong Police, 1; Civilians, 7. the exception
Messrs. H. Ruttonjee and Son few cation. 3 thousand tons. Japan had ceased When it became clear that there the Colony of abundant supplies of out played a eplendid game. Mr.
Pitt is shortly proceeding on have presented the "Peter Daw- to buy any rice in Hongkong and was no other course open than to good and cheap rice from a source the Straits Settlements did not sell the bulk of the rice which had supposed to be closed, which rea- leave and the management has son" Cup as second prize.
WHAT MRS. DONN DID, require any. The sterling value bee purchased with the least pos-dered the large supplies of rice obtained the sanction of these
WHEN HER LITTLE BOY of the collar diad continued rising sibl delay, the Government sought bought under adverse conditions clever cuests to give an exl.ibition
KAD A COLD. so that the price to be obtained the advice of those connected with useless for the immediate purpose game of 500 up prior to Mr. Pitt's departure. Most Hongkong re- in countries with a gold standard the rice trade, who were in a posi-for which they were intended.
sidents know Mr. Pitt's abilities. Though the transactions of
Mrs. F. Doan, of Woodstock, was becoming less when reckoned tion to help. Mr. Barretto of the in dollars. Eventually arrange-firm of 3. M. da Rocha and Co., less than five months have result with the cue, and some interest-
meeting of these two gentlemen. thousands of mothers who keep ments were made to sell 10,000 Messrs. E. A. Beaumont and Co., ed in a large drain on the financial ing billiards should be seen at the Ontario, Canada, is one of the tons on consignment to America Mers. Loxley and Co., and the resources of the Colony, these Pitt still has his old friends and Baby's Own Tablets in the bouse and about the same amount Hongkong Mercantile Company all transactions may be considered as
supporters, yet many enthusiasts ready for immediate use when locally. A careful examination gave valuable assistance without covering a period of probably a of the rice stored in the which it would have been very dif-rear more The difficulties attend- believe that Golding will win. the little ones get out of sorts.
The game will commence at 8.30 She writes:→→→
"I have been using Baby's godowns in Victoria showed that ficult to effect satisfactory sales.ing the provision of proper sup.m. Entrance is free.
Own Tablets for my children, much of it was discoloured and Ia the work during August of plies of rice for the Colony at a
and find them a very satisfactory "full of weevils, but notwithstand- mixing and selling the graded rice moderate price are by no means PARSONS AND PUBLICANS.
ing this prices were obtained Mr. R. O. Hutchison, Mr. Taylor surmounted, so far as can be seen, Parsons and publicans lunched medicine. When my little boy which were quite good consider of the Opium Monopoly, and the but the valuable experience gained together at Croydon Central had a cold I gave him the Tablets ing the slate of the market. In Chinese gentlemen on the Com- by what occurred last year, will Baths, recently and took part in at night, and in the morning he fact the sales were made just inmittee rendered very good ser-enable proper precautions to be a conference under the auspices was all right. I give them to the time to avert very serious losses vice, while from the middle of taken, with, it is to be hoped, little of the Strength of Britain move-children for constipation, and find indeed owing to the rice becoming September until the end of Novem- extra loss, to meet any possible ment. The Mayor of Croydon their action prompt and gentle."
To mothers everywhere Baby's practically unsaleable.
ber Commander C. W. Beckwith, crisis during the current year presided. Mr. "Pussyfoot" John- On the 19th September on RN., who is acting as Superinten- The Colony has become accustom son was expected to attend, but Own Tablets, the Canadian child- Ordinance was passed providing dent of Imports and Exports, and cd to a regular supply of rice at his doctor that day insisted ren's remedy, are a real friend. for the acquisition and dispose Mr. A. K. Taylor of the Policeprice far lower than it can be ob that he must not yet carry out They are equally harmless and of Rice by the Hongkong Govern Fórce, temporarily attached to the tained for, unless steps are taken any public engagements because helpful to the youngest infant as ment, and for validating acts Department, worked strenuously early and in the right quarter to of danger of too much excitement. to the child of 6 years or more, a specific for indigestion, previously done.
to avert the danger which threat ensure that it will be available He has booked himself for the are The lists of rice purchased ened the safety of the stocks of when required.
meeting at the Central Hall, colic, diarrhoea, simple fever, Jan. 17. In make teething easy, promote showed certain quantities of rice.
Total Rice Purchased to 30th Westminster, on Saigon round and Saigon long The situation dealt with in September, 1919:
the speeches stress was laid on restful sleep and good appetite, 3,363 tons. the 'absence in England of re-drive out worms. Obtainable "rice, and
these lists the this report is happily without pre-Lang Rice .contract mentioned above for the cedent in the history of the Co- Round Rice
15.230 liable facts relating to Prohibition from chemists, also at 60 cents sale of 10,000 tons to America ony, and this is not surprising. Broken Rice
in America and the difficulties of the vial, post free, from the Dr. was calculated. It specified 6,500 Only events of a most unusual
meeting false statements appear Williams Medicine Co., 96 Sze- tuas of Saigon round and 3,500 character could produce such a
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