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PROPERTY SALE.
WESTERN DISTRICT LOTS SELL HIGH,
Eastern Street and Connaught Road Properties.
SATURDAY
THE LOAN BOND ISSUE. CHINESE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PETITION.
$30,000,000 Treasury Bonds at Six Per Cent.
The following is the original Considering the prevailing state of the property market, two lots text in English of the petition of situated in the Western district Mr. Li Yau-tsuen, Chairman at fetched good prices at the sale the Chineso Chamber of Com room of the Auctioneering and merce, drafted by Mr. Chow Pak- Brokering Co., Ltd., yesterday tim, Assistant Secretary of the
Chamber
afternoon,
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EPTEMBER 19, 1925.
JAPANESE DIET ABLAZE.
BOTH HOUSES ON TIRE.
Buildings Completely Gutted, Tokyo, September 18-Fire broka out in the Upper House at 1.59 p.m. today.______ Lnter.
Both the Upper and Lower Houses of the Diet are fercoly burning.
The fire broke out in the Uppor House and spread very rapilly, fan ned by a strong wind. It seems that Lot one consisted of the remain-Sir, I have the honour to "in-there is no chance of saving the ing portion of section 34, of marine form you that in view of the pre- building. Many other buildings. in lat 414 together with the buildings sent exceptional stringency in the cluding the offices of the Japanese thereon known as No 1A, and No. money market of the Colony, a re-Times, and the Kokusai Nows 13., Eastern Street. It contains presentative meeting was held in Agency are threatened: an area of 1,832 sqft and is held this Chamber on Monday the 14th under a Crown Lease for the term instant to consider the numerous of 999 years from 1895, at a Crown requests received from various Rent of $37.60%
commercial guilds and the many merchants of the Colony to devise means to avoid the financial ruín which is now threatening the Colony. A
Opening at $30,000, with bids of $500 acceptable, the price was quickly run up to $50,000 and eventually reached $52,000, at which it was knocked down.
Lot two consisted of section R.
Later,
The Diet buildings have boon com- platoly gutted but the fire is not spreading at present-Reuter
Tam directed to submit on be half of the Merchant Community, resolution was unanimously passed to petition for the consideration of the Gov- the Government for the issuance ernment, the proposal adopted at
BUY BRITISH GOODS
COLUMBIA GRAFONOLAS
OAK
$115
OAK
the meeting. It was suggested $60. of marine lot 414 together with the of Treasury Bonds to relieve the that, there shall was no better
buildings thereon known as Nos 183 and 134, Connaught Road West: It contains an area of 3,177 sq.-ft. and is held under the same Crown Lease as Lot 1 for the same term, at a Crown Rent of $58.47.
This opened at $60,000 and by one bid of $1,000 and prompt raises of $500 was put up to $80,000, beyond which nothing was called. Both lots were purchased by Mr. Lal Chun-shi.
AN ITALIAN ATTACKED.
SEVERELY INJURED BY SOLDIERS.
situation.
means of relieving the present de- plorable situation than for the Hongkong Government to issue Treasury Bonds, say to the value of not more than $30,000,000 at the rate of 6% interest per an- num, for which merchants of the Colony shall be at liberty to apply upon furnishing the Government with their property, goods, or shares etc., as accurity. It is an ticipated that once these Treasury
It was expressed at the meeting that since the Strike began the commerce of the Colony has been affected to an enormous extout and concurrently a shortage is felt in the money market. At first the aspect was viewed as a tem- parary effect on account of the Strike and that the sufferings of the people would be but momentary But as time went on, things begun to look more serious. Three months have now elapsed and no indica-Bonds are put into circulation in the market the financial situation. tion of a settlement-is yet in sight will automatically ense a great The alarming financial, situation is gradually assuming a serious deal, thus eliminating the difficul- aspect. The stagnation of trade ties of meeting obligations. In and commerce is going from bad support of this suggestion it was recalled that during the Great to worse. Owners of property
European War when 'Singapore suffered from the great Rub-
and merchandise are experiencing
bec
Peking, September 18-An Ita- lian, Sig. Tasso, chief controller of
tremendous difficulties in obtain-
Slump, the situation the Lunghai Pienie Railways wasing mortgages to meet their obli
there was so precarious, that severely injured on the 16th at Sinaa-gations; depositors are pressing
wholesale bankruptcy would helen, Westerr. Honan, by soldiers their bankers for withdrawal of
have resulted had it not been of the Kubminchun army"while on
their deposits while demands on
for the timely aid of the Govern- duty. Sig. Cerruti, the Italian
purchasers to take delivery of Minister has protested to the their goods are as vivid as wild-ment in the issue of Treasury Waichinopu requesting the
fre. But so far, owing to the Bonds to save the situation. Re- punishment of the soldiers, re-
money stringene, no solution has ference was also made to the serving the right to ask for indem- been found. This is largely attri financial crisis in the United States of America in the year nityReuter.
buted to the many recent reports 1007 when total destruction was concerning the auction of property. and the increasing bankruptcy of threaten owing to heavy Invest
ments in landed property and shares etc. It was only due to
AMOY MAILS LOST.
THE WRECK OF THE SHINYUE.
business houses.
Conditions at the present
moment are such that one is mis- Mr. J. P. Morgan's untiring-ap- tifled to anticipate what willpeal to the States Government to The Postmaster at Amoy has is-happen in the next minute. Time issue similar Treasury Bonds that the situation was ultimately sued a notice of the loss. By is flying and no little anxiety is piracy, of all mails on board the being felt as to what can be done saved. The efforts taken by these Governments have achieved very 8.3. Shinyue.. which was wrecked to safeguard the interests of the off Haitan Jeland on August 25th.public.
It was therefore, after appreciable results and are trace- able in our present day history. All letters and parcels posted careful consideration decided
Emergency polices such as these are! for Foochow on August 24th, and that the only possible way of ever worth while being adopted to meet for Shanghai and beyond between coming the present differt. August 19th and August 24th,tles would be
to petition to our present case. both days, inclusive, were lost. the Government for its assistance.
THE FRENCH DEBT.
Washington, September 18.
The report of Professor Harold Moalton on the French debt, con- sisting of 450 pages, which will be distributed to offeinls of the Com-. mission, insists that it will be ruinous to ask France to pay according The to the principle adopted in the negotiations with Great Britain. author insists that France's budget must be adjusted. He recognizes that France is unable to pay for several years. Professor Moulton .concludes that the French people are us heavily taxed as are the British and considerably more than the Americans. Havas.
JAPAN AND RUMANIA.
Viennn; September 18.
The new Japanese Minister, Baron Mushakoya, in an interview stated that Japan and Rumanin were about to conclude a commercial treaty whereafter Japanese interests contemplate a direct maritime service with Rumanian ports to facilitate the exchance of commodities. As regards the Japanese delay in ratifying the treaty acknowledging Rumania's right to Bessarabin, Baron Mushinkoya stated that Japan sas waiting to see what attitude Italy would take---Router.
PLOT TO KILL SOVIET MINISTER,
Vienna, September 18. Three Tsarist Russians, all white guardists and two from Bulgaria' have been arrested at the instance of the Soviet Embassy which #lleges that they were concerned in a plot to murder the new Soviet Minister, Bersin, at Bucharest-Reuter.
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Sir, the surrounding atmosphere is very unwholesome and it is high time that steps should be taken immediately to relieve, the situation. I now beg most respect- fully that you will be good enough to: take the urgency of the situa tion Into your kind consideration and transmit our auggestion to His Excellency the Governor for his approval, with a request that our suggestion be adopted and carried into effect at the earlitst possible moment. With regard to the de- tails of the scheme, I beg to leave them, to the discretion of the Gov- ernment. But, if it is the desire of the Government that we should! Bubmit the details of the scheme we shall be too pleased to do so on your instructions.
Your favourable reply to this matter is awaited with extreme eagerness.
The original copy of the Peti- tion in Chinese chopped by all the leading firms and guilds of the Colony will be sent in shortly. Yours etc.,
Chinese General Chamber of
Commerce (Sd.) LI YAV TAUEN,
Chairman.
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