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May 10, 1922, Temperature 76.

Barometer 29 75

Rainfall ne

Moutries

advertise

reductions

in price of

Victor

Records

The China Mail=

No 10 Queen's Road Cante

Temporary Office,

Matsubara Hotel,

Tel 405

SHED

1845

Humidity 93.

May 10, 1991. Temperature 75.

No. 19.552

三拜體: 十月五年二十二百九千一英

BUSINESS NOTICES

HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, MAY 10

1922,

日四十月四戌壬次歲年一十國民奉中·

PRICE,- $3.00 Per Month,

TO-DAY'S CABLES.

BUSINE33 NOTIORS

ANNOUNCEMENT

REDUCTION IN PRICE

of

VICTOR RECORDS

THE DOLLAR.

To-day's closing rate 2/6 9/16.

(Reuter's Service to the China Mail.}

To-day's opening rate 26 9:15.

GENOA MARKING TIME.

TRADE WITH RUSSIA.

FEELING OF EXPECTANCY.

GENOA, May 9

LONDON, Hay 9.

1 Double Sided

018 Price:

NEW PRICE:

$2.25 each $2.00

13

12 Double Sided

Old Price:

NEW PRICE:

$3.50 each $3.25

10% Discount for Cash.

S. MOUTRIE & CO., LTD.

Exclusive gents,

CHATER ROAD.

HAWTHORNE & PEARSON

(LATE OF SAVILE ROW, LONDON) LADIES & GENTLEMEN'S TAILORS.

Beg to

announce that they are now producing LOUNGE SUITS from $65.00, cut and finish guaranteed. A visit is cordially invitél.

ENTRANCE 1 Union Bedding (Firat Floor) Opposite General Post OfEce,"

Hongkong,

P. O. Box 530.

PO WAH HAT MANUFACTURING

CO., LTD.

First and Largeet Hat Factory to be established in China. Factors-Sam Shui Po-127, Tai Lem Street, Tel. 035. Office: 173. Das Foecz Road (Opposite World Theatre)· Tel. 3570. WHY BUY FOREIGN GOODS ? HELP US AND HELP LOCAL INDUSTRY. LATEST STYLISH HATS.

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MANAGE Feng Wan Fu.

ECONOMY

IN

COAL

Farhan Lnup Goal stands fort erodems in real value, All lamp Combs have a large prestaze

of dust which are PEACTICALLY WASTY. The dust in FUGUTEN Leap bar istu Lemy in wom an they are cut into biters Fachurn up and are gracaly and is therefore's doslei ECONOMY.

HING

Coal Mercimnia & Costratives

IPo CO.

Quer's Bo Cerat. Tei, & Cable abren 'Fadrzate" Sule Agent tot Yuchuen

We stuk in our godowns 11 grades of other Fachten Cont

MEE WAH-KNITTING & DYEING CO.

General Knitter & Dyet. “

Manufacturers of Woolen Singlets Jerseys, Eweaters &

No. 6-18, Causeway Bay,

all kinds of Underwear.

Manager :--YEUNG POKWAN

Telephona 1301.

THE

YUEN WO STORE.

Harbour Repairers.

Engineering & Building Omtractors, General Repairers & Shipchandlers.

Office No. 28, Tung Man Street, 'Phone 2560, Workshop, Canton Hosd, Kowloon, Phone E. 71.

Hunger ECLEUNG.

Prop. T. L LEUNG.

DONNELLY & WHYTE.

Tel 636,

́WINE MERCHANTS.

T⚫i 688,

CLOCKS

(see special show window)

CATE

ULLMANN &

HONGKONG,

PRIVATE PROPERTY PROBLEM.

Mr. Leslie Urquhart, Chairman of the Burso-Asiatic The conference is marking time to day. The heads' of the British, German, French and Belgian delegations Consolidated Co., his returned to London from Genoe.

There is however, a general feeling that anything may happen at any moment. The Russians maintain A sphinx-like at:itude.

ate busy conferring separately at their respective head-Interviewrd, he said with regard to the Russian question that the Soviet could not afford to agree in sat term to quarters, but others are bathing and playing trans

the recognition principle concerning private property, but the door was not therefore closed on resumption of commercial relations with Russia. Given confidence and good faith there were alternative formulae which could form a practical basis for a trading agreement. He 23 confident that the Genos conference had battened Rezia's convalescence.

Alter !

RUSSIA'S DEAD.

HORRIBLE SIGHTS.

LONDON, May 9.

THE RUSSIAN REPLY.

GENOA, May 9. The Russians have communicated the general trend of their reply to the siled memorandum It will be presented to morrow. The reply is apparently long and argumentative The Russian delegates_declare 'hat the note was prepared in a spirit of conciliation and goes 33 far as possible with regard to concessions. disagreeing with some of the memorandam proposals the

An American relief administration telegram states hope is expressed that co dificulty will present itself in eliru cating the political features of the memorandum hat the opening of the rivers in Russia is facilitating inasmuch as the Russians generally have endeavoured solution of the transport problem but the ice breakup to'lidge conflicting social sad economic systems. The has revealed the horrible aftermath of the famine. Tea desire is phasized that negotiations may not be broken thousand corpses have beer, washed up by the spring off. They declare that the Anglo-Russian trade agreement, floods of the Elek River at Aktubinsk alone. Moreover if not wholly satisfactory, has resulted in the two con- the dead which were covered in the snow during the tries becoming loss distant. They think that Genoa bas! winter are now seen lying on the plains around Aktabin÷k- proved a great help. Regarding the cause dealing with Fresh epidemics are breaking cat.

the restitution of private property, the reply holds that the world must accostom itself to the fact of the exist ence of a Furopean state whose life is based essentially on a system of state property. They argue that both individualise and collectivist conceptions of lite exist

WAR DEBTS.

HOW BRITAIN STANDS.

LONDON, HAY 9.

in Russia, bath whereof have their own sphere. They In the House of Commons, in sarwer to questions, contend that this proves the deal system can also exist Sir Robert Home, Chancellor of the Exchequer, stated La international-relations, ret leave plenty of room for that $538,000,000 interest on our American war debt 1rivate enterprise

had not been paid on March 31,

FOINCARE STILL EXPLAINING.

PARIS, May 9.

M. Poincare has rent a letter to Lard Hardinge with a view to dissipating Mr. Lloyd George's "perturbation and artonishment" in consequence of the phrase in which, M. Poincare previously expressed Frenk sympathy for Belgium in connection with the difference over the restitution of private property in Russia] without al- luding to Franco-British sympathy. The premier avers that there is not a single Frenchman who does not pre- serve a precious memory of the co-operation between the two countries before, during and after war and who heartfully does not desire the permanence of cordial

relations.

THE LAW'S DELAYE

BELATED TRUST BUSTING.

New York, May 9. ...

the total allied loans to Britain were £123,000,000 and British han to the Allies £1,742,000,000; comprising 2584,000,000, to France ££55,000,000 to Russia and £503,000,000 to Italy.

SALVAGING THE “LUSITANIA."

AMERICAN EXPEDITION.

PHILADELPHIA, May 9.

At expedition sets out on May 25 with the object of salvaging the "Lusitania" and other submarined vessels. They anticipate little difficulty in raising the

Lusitania," the exact position of which is known.

LACE TRADE FORTUNE.

LONDON, May 9.

Sir T. 1. Birkin, the pioneer of the Nottingham lace trade, left 2,144,000.

-

[St Thomas Isaac Birkin, J.P., D.L., was made a The Federal Court has ordered the dissolution of baronst in 1995. He bad six sons and three daughters. the American Sugar Refining Company and other defenis heir, Thomas Stanley Birkin, married the Hon. dants in the Government anti-trust suit begun twelve Margaret Diana Hopetoun, sister of the Sth. Viscount

Chetwynd.] years ago. The crier is largely formal inasmuch as it records a ground of complaint that long ago dis appeared.

CHILDREN OF EMIGRANTS.

PRESERVING THEIR NATIONALITY.

KING AND QUEÊN.

STATE VISIT TO BELGIUM.

BRUSSELS, May 9. Brilliant summer weather continued to-day, when the official programme of the visit of the King and Queen opened with receptions of diplomats and Betish and Belgian public bodies at the Royal palace.

LONDON, May 9. In the House of Commons at question time Mr. Shortt stated that negotiations with the Dominions with...

King George, replying to addresses, rejoiced to regard to amendment of the British nationality act in know that the traditional ties of Anglo-Belgian friend- respect of grandsons born abroad of British parents were | ship were growing closer. He was convinced that year now complete and immediate steps were being taken of peace would strengthen them.

SOVIET DELEGATES LEAVE FOR MOSCOW. with a view to the introduction of a bill.

BERLIN, May L

-FRANCE AND RUEST L

STILL THE POUND OF FLESH.

PARIS, May 10.. The cabinet attitude hardened to-day on the subject of the realitation of private property in Basse which was raised by the Belgian delegates at Genoa. The Cabinet has decided that even if Belgium should accept a compromise in the formula France can only sub- scribe to it on the ovadition that French citizens' rights are strictly safeguarded and guaranteed..

MUJIO HALL FRE

ACTORS' EXCITING ESCAPE.

PARIS, May 9. fire arising out of an electrical defect broke out in the music hali Cazino de Pazia winle s rehea was proceeding. The scenery famed up,

M. Joffe and two colleagues arrived here from Genos. They proceeded immediately to Moscow by aeroplane

KILLERAND.

PARIS, May

M. Millerand has arrived here.

THE "TIMES” LIE

LLOYD GEORGE PRO FRÉNOEL.

Loson, May 9.

In the House of Commons Mr. Chamberlain read "Lloyd Gorge's letter to M. Barthou requesting con trad ction of The Times Genoa correspondent's report of their conversation. Mr. George says he was a strong partizan of the entente long before the war and he valnes. Frazo British co operation too hij bly to tolerate public misstatements regarding ofhial conversations

it pf gevat importance to the n

"was lowered but fell down on the stage. The actors countries Mr. Chamberlain also read M. Berthou'r

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VACATION TRIP.

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