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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
THE TRANS-ATLANTIC
SIKORSKY
AKUFACTURING CORI
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1926.
FLIGHT DISASTER.
Above is seen the huge aeroplane with which Capt. Rene Fonck intended to fly across the Atlantic, but which crashed when starting out, two of the crew being killed. Below is a recent portrait of Capt. Fonck.
CHINA PROVIDENT.
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tion is going to be, for it seems
✅YARN MARKET.
DULL CONDITIONS PREVAIL.
Messrs. Polishwalla and Kot-
to be more or less a waste of time wall, in their yarn report dated and shareholders' money. The yesterday, state:
same remarks apply to the ros- ponsibility of auditors. To try and lay blame to their account where no liability attaches to
them seems useless.
work.
IN THE DARK,
Since our last report, our yarn market has remained very dull during the whole interval, and prices show a downward tendency,
As the Chinese dealers are un- able to part with their recent
We are now told that a further heavy purchases due to very limit- postponement until November ised demand from Yunnan and other necessary to enable the Investiga- adjoining consumming centres. ting Committee, to complete their show no inclination to make any Meanwhile shareholders fresh purchases but are trying to are left absolutely in the dark, get rid of their large holdings at and I cannot help feeling that this a loss of $3 to $5, per bale, which great delay is detrimental to the has further depressed our market, business of the Company and the while clearances are very poor. interests of shareholders. Let us get the past squared up as quickly arm market due to Bombay mills Bombay reports a steady and us possible, write off the necessary having made large sales for for- loss, and concentrate our energies ward deliveries, and the rates there on building up the future of the are much higher than those ruling Company.
in our market,
The foregoing remarks are of,
Unsold Stock, 7,000 bales; Bar- necessity made without knowledge of facts, and are founded on gains in Chinese hands, both spot various rumours which are com- and to arrive, 11,000 bales. mon property, and I may be doing Shanghal reports moderate in- the members, of the Investigating quiry with prices inclined to be on Committee an injustice in offering the easy side. these criticisms on their volunt- Japanese Yarn:-A heavy re- ary work, but I should like to ask whether this work takes the form of trying to attach blame to the Consulting Committee, or whether it is an honest attempt to assist this Committee in bringing things to a satisfactory conclusion.
duction of $10 per bale in this yarn has induced buyers to make pur- chases of few choice chops, while the general tone is still weak.
Raw Catton-No stock. Quota- tions:-Bengal 336 to $40 per picul; Chinese $40 to $45 per picul.
Can you therefore, Sir, give to this meeting an estimated cost of what the total expenses of this Investigation will umount to,... and also any information in ad- vance of the full report of the Investigating Committee, which will help to restore public con- fidence in the Company and allay shareholders' fçars?
!!
INVOLVED ACCOUNTS. Replying, the Chairman, said:
PIRACY ISSUES.
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FRANCO-GERMAN PROBLEMS.
COUNCIL OF MINISTERS UNANIMOUS.
Paris, Sept. 21.
A communique states that after M. Briand had reported his con- versations with Dr. Stresemann at Thoiry, the Council of Ministers reached a unánimous opinion re- garding the interest thereof and the utility of pursuing them. The next Council will examine the technical problems these negotia- tions may involve.-Reuter.
VINEGAR CASE.
bridges where great ships went, he! must anticipate that by saying that MAGISTRATE'S INTERESTING the jurisdiction of the Admiralty
was limited to British ships, that
DECISION.
sum-
The case in which a Chinese vinegar manufacturer was moned for selling vinegar below the strength, standardised elsċ- whereint 4 per cent. of acetic acid, ended to-day, the Magistrate (Mr. R. E. Lindsell) dismissing the case.
I quite agree with your remarks was, offences on British ships. It
extend as to getting the past cleared up did not
foreigners in as soon as possible, but we must foreign ships. not be too hard on the Investiga-: After Mr. H. G. Sheldon and Mr tion Committee. They have put T. Addis, each defending one of a great deal of work into examina-the prisoners, had addressed the tion of intricate and involved ac- Court, Mr. Dyer Ball, for the counts with which they were of Crown, was allowed time to col course not familiar and naturally lect authorities: bearing on the it has taken a great deal of time.question as to whether the Court Sanitary Department had admitted. Mr. da Roza has explained to me had jurisdiction or not; and the that there were two sorts of was adjourned until this vinegar sold in the Colony, one how he arrives at the date Novem-case ber 12 and from what he tells me afternoon.
I feel pretty sure that this will be
the last postponement and the re-.
His Worship, held that the
being the native, or locally- manufactured product, as under- stood, sold, and bought by the
port will be in shareholders' hands I cannot give you the information. Chinese, who were not prejudiced before that date.
It is not easy to calculate the by the price asked for it, and the As to information in advance of total expenses of the investigation, other being the imported foreign the full report, I can say nothing but on a rough estimate we think vinegar as displayed and sold in except that I understand that the it will come to about $40,000 or compradores' shops and European Committee of Investigation have over, at any rate under $50,000. had the cargo in godowns carefully I think I have answered all your checked by an independent sur questions. veyor and that they are quite satis- fied with the management of the godowns,
MEETING ADJOURNED. The resolution was then put to
stores. His Workhip was satisfied that there were in fact these two kinds of vinegar, sold in the Colony that if a Chinese buyer asked for two he would be served with the native brand, and that
As to the accounts I have noth-the meeting, and unanimously car-if he asked for the other vinegar ing to say at present and am sorry ried..
REVOLT IN NICARAGUA.
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he would get it on specifying the kind he wanted. It would be an offence only when the weak brand was put up for sale As the superior foreign product. That had not been proved by the prosecution in this case, and the case would be dismissed.
WEATH
KOSTER-On the 22nd Sept., 1926, at the Government Civil Hospital, Cornelis Köster, late 4th engineer's.s. "Turbo".
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
Mr. G. P. Lammert and family de- sire to thank their friends for the many expressions of sym- pathy in their bereavement and and also those who attented the funeral ceremony and sent floral tributes.
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