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JUST ARRIVED!

AARATEX

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SEMI

SOFT

COLLARS.

Will not wilt, crease, curl or fray. Appears stiff, is soft, launders without starch.

Cluett, Pinbody & Co. Int.

OBTAINABLE FROM: TAK CHEONG,

50, Queen's Road Central,

SUB-LETTING PROFITS.

INTERESTING RENTS DECISION.

COMMERCIAL.

HONGKONG NOTES AND COMMENT.

MORE PREMATURE DOPES..

No important change has occur red in the general trade of the Colony since the week-end. The hope that the resumption of traffic| on the West River would lend to a complete revival of trade with the interior has proved to be pre- amture, as Kwangsi troops re causing unrest in the country he. yond Wueliow

METALS.

IN ICEHOUSE STREET.

A by

Icehouse Street was busy to-day with the July settlement which had to be postponed on Friday owing to the typhoon weather. There was

fairly cavy settlement in Coments but no serious hitch, bo- yond a little delay in the delivery of the shares.

· MANILA - FLOUR PRICES.

to their last report, Messrs. Warner, Barnes & Co. Ltd., of Manila, quote:- "Sperry Special": "Sperry Baker's'!

Mandarin'

Paney clear or "Bluestorn

cutoff bruide

Club straight or Export

Arutles

Per barrel expship.)

P14.10 14.00 18.75

11.40

HOME REPORT. "

11:10

THE CHINA MAIL.

CHARVARIA.":

SATURDAY TO MONDAY FEELING:

(Specjally Contributed.)

The cancelmont of so many social and sports engagements during the week was, our Educated Comp, informa us, entirely due to the Bath weather..

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ཏཝ སོ

The suggestion

which has frequently been made that there should be a Golf Club open to all has our fullest support. We have always maintained that the pre- sent club is a bit too "Cleeky". -

CHINA'S POST OFFICE,

HANDLING OVER 400,000,000 LETTERS.

REPORT FOR LAST YEAR.

The high hopes entertained at the close of 1921 of the results of the following year's working were not entirely realised in 1922, says the annual report issued by the Direc Revellers have had the excuse of tomte General of Posts, Shanghai. their lives.

The state of the country being generally unpropitious for postal· expansion the thought and effort so fully expended In recent years upon inland exten- sion and local mail ameliorations have this year been turned in large messire to the improvement of staff conditions. The abnormal and Signor Mussolini we learn has growing increase in the prices of attended a Bull fight. He was commodities and the wages of probably on the horns of a dilem-labour has necessitated revisions of pay for employds of all clomes upon analinost unprecedented scule. Steps have also been takori to reduce "Arresting skirts" the

fashion paper. To be worn by the working hours of the sorting and delivering staff who in the past wonten police we presume.

have had to labour for longer hours than are generally prescribed in This has necessitated an increase of other government departments.

personnel quite apart from the addi- fional requirements under this head- anticipated as a result of the clos ing to meat the angmented business

Messrs Morrean. & Spiegelberg Manchester, report undër datë

As predicted some days ago, the numerous orders for Wire Nails have caused a slump in the market. None of the goods indented for have arrived yet but the Chinese dealers are alrendy trying to dispose of their bookings ut a small loss: This morning, home prices receded and local quotations went down in sym- pathy. However, one or two dealers]] June 27 :—

Cotton-On in an endeavour to keep up prices, placed indents for further lots, busi. market an undergone a very quiet ness being reported at $9.90 per session with trading conditions ploul keg for 380 usual assortment about as limited as could be. Wire Nails, ex-godown in Hong Quotations are slightly easier since kong, arrival in three to five our last repart

months. Little business has been done in local stocks.

Galvanised Wire.-Tudents were placed for small quantities of Nos.

Tinplates.This was practically the only commodity in which local business was done during the last three days. Belated orders for goods for fruit canning in the

which were considered favourable,

the whole

Liverpool prices. American .M.

Spot. July. Aug. Sept. Yesterday 10.40-14.04 14.47 14.08

Egyptian Sakellariðis.

Spot, July. Aug. Sept. festerday 16.0 16.11 15.21 15.30

June 14. 16.50 15.70 15.80 15.90 Yarns.-American are A trifle steadier, but sellers have not made

Mik

says

£

A man in England has been charged with abducting his wife. Wanted a evidently

new lease of wife

better description.

Kowloon has too many flats, not make it clear which kind he

means.

An interesting judgment under interior towns were placed at prices inch progress. Egyptian are firm wails a correspondent. He does the decline in the value of money the Rents Ordinarice was delivered Dealers state that only about ball with a small trade.

Cloth. Evidence of need for by the Puisne Judge (Mr. Justice what was used in previous years by Gompertz) on Saturday in a case in the caming industry has been Lancashire staples continues to which a tenant at No. 13A, Pee bought and that further orders will come forward from most markets, Street (ground floor), sued his sub-come in if conditions improve as the one may reasonably doubt the tenant for $77, the amount being fruit harvests so far have becurgency of the demand in view of the unwillingness of buyers to come near to cost. As a matter of fact.

ront in arrears. During the hearing of the case it was established that the tenant paid $37 a month rent and sub-let a portion of the floor for $77 a month.

Another correspondent writes:

a

The Bishop of Bath and Wells 14 to 17 gange at $11.40 per picul. Jane-3.. 17.28 15.69 35.11 14.47 says that a man who puts a shillinging of the foreign Postal Agencies. on a horse is not necessarily A generous scheme of superannua confirmed gambler. A confirmed optimist would probably be the tion, too, has been, introduced for the subsidiary grades, giving them the comfortable hope of an old age free from pecuniary anxietics.

These measures combined with and the consequent rise in the cost of all services have greatly enhanced the establishment charges, su that rigid economy in every other line of postal expenditure has been the jects have been curtailed or aban keynote of the year. Building pro-

Shanghai Post-Ofice, the comple- take the lead in air development, imperative, and also such others of "I want to see the British Empiretion of which as soon as possible is says Sir S. Hoare. At present minor importance no were already This policy; America leads in the "hot air de- hearing completion.

inculcated with considerable partment.”

urgency and some anxiety, is firt is really plain we are inform-balance on the year's working is No woman who knows how to accountable for the fact that the ed. Obviously, not on the face of it. still on the right side of the account.

excellent.

PIECEGOODS.

"I have just heard a cuckoo sing minor third from G. flat down to E. flat. This is wrong." Not so wrong

flat down to ours.

there are numbers of offers for/as the woman who sings from her faned; with exception of the now i

China, but almost all of thein are Orders are still being accepted by will not face the loss which their too low and many, manufacturers. Mr. M. M. Watson, solicitor for European importers for lawns to

Reports from India are to the the plantiff, argued that though it arrive in time for next spring. To acceptance would involve. seemed rather hard that the sub-date, the volume of business is less effect that the monsoon is wealt, tenant had to pay $77, when the than that for last year but prices, but in spite of this Calcutta dealers lessee had only to pay $37 a month, on the whole, have been slightly are more optimistic as to the early the rent the lessee charged was the higher. Exchange will make future. Marriages were expected to standard rent under the Ordinance, large difference to the Chinese Mr. M. K. Lo (for the defence) dealers who must sell at a higher

submitted that if the circumstances price.. were not in conflict with the Or- dinance they were obviously against the principles of the Ør dinance.

In delivering judgment his Lord ship said: The facts of the case, which are quite short, have been agreed between the parties. The plaintiff is tenant of the ground Boor of 13A, Peel Street. The stan- dard rent of that floor is $37 per. mensem. In about the third moon

this year a portion of the floor was

GUNNIES.

It is reported that there have been heavy bookings in gunnies owing to improvement in the market. We hope to give full parti- culars to-morrow.

SUGAR.

(enerally speaking, the market is There is no change to report.

dall. Arrivals of new crop have been fewer. The rumour that a Japanese firm was offering Java sugar on the local market has turn

out to be incorrect.

sub-let to the defendant at a rent of $77 per mensem. It is agreed that the ground floor and also the portion of that floor now sub-let to the defendant was its first letting.

I am asked to decide whethered $77 is the standard rent of the portion sub-let.

The plaintiff contends that it is. If I hold that $77 is not the stan-

dard rent, I am asked to fix the

standard rent.

Now it is freely admitted that if the plaintiff's contention is right, any person may take a house, a floor, or a room, at the standard rent. Then, while he remains in occupation, he may make many times the amount of that standard rent by s b-letting portions of his tenement.~

A claim similar to that of the plaintiff in this action was made in England in 1920, in the case of

FLOUR.

commenco about the middle of

this month, and these should stimulate up country thide.

Java and Singapore bave inquiry out for a variety of styles, but not for any heavy bulk.

Levant, coloured shirtings for Drills are spoken of for the Egypt, and grey for Mauritius.

Continental business is checked by the weakness of Central Euro- pean currencies, and for the Home markets only hand to mouth buying is in progress.

SHANGHAI REPORT."

There's one thing I can do" said the ball-frog, "and that is croak". But nothing ever came of it.... Those concerned please noto.

So far there has been no reduc tion in the wages of Sin.

Music in Museums is the latest suggestion. A proper place for some music, we have beard recently."

"What girls want are rights, not privileges" says a certain lady. Most of those who stick out for

their rights usually get

left.

Business in general has been week, but this is said solely to be rather slow again during the past

Signor, Mussolini turns out to ne to the abnormally wet weather. have a place alongside Disrelli Most of the people in the districts and M. Clemenceau as one surrounding Shanghai over a very of those Prime Ministers who Although buyere seem to lie re-large area, just now mainly are con- are confessed producers of fiction. ticent a firm tone still prevails in cerned in saving themselves from We can now understand certain

drowning, says the N.-C. Daily speeches. Everybody, is marking time to see how the Ameri- only live in the upper stories of the News. In many parts they can can market will move. Exchange higher houses and travel is practi-Mussolini thirteen years ago is to has ind the effect of sending prices cally impossible. Naturally, there be adapted for the films. A moy up in the ratio that it has come fore, there has been a dearth of both ing affair evidently. down.

orders and inquiries., Evidence that

the flour market.

RICE.

A . novel

written by

a

the rain alone in responsible for the A reader of our "Literary slackening of the demand is afford- Lobby" says he likes to for the West River Las muined been three dry days, orders began house. It settles many a dispute A steady stream of small buyersed by the fact that, after there had have a big dictionary about the prices but no further rises have to come in again, only to cease once and converts an ordinary chair iaken place.

more-- when anothor rainstorm into a high one. broke.

This market has suffered more than any through the wet weather.

WEST RIVER TRADE.

Little live-stock or produce come

PIECE GOODS.

The additional staff charges. how- ever, have not yet had time to be completely foit: they will be appre- ciated to the full in future years.

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A source of additional revenue was sought in-the reversion from 1st November to the old domestic tariff in force during the early years of the Chinese Post Office, and the application of the 15-cent unit for international correspondence approved by the Madrid Conven- tion, but as the purpose of this altention of the tariff was miscon strued and the application of the higher rates has not proved practic- able, they are being withdrawn from the beginning of the new year.

In keeping with the general economy-scheme there has been a progressive replacement of the more expensive. Town Box Offices by Stamp-selling Agencies with pillar- boxes at their doors.

The method of taking statistics has been generally amended this year by the omission of all frec correspondence acknowledgmenta of receipt, money order and trade charge advices, reclamations, bulle- tins de verification, and all other strictly official correspondence, so that the results shown might more in the production of true figures of and more approximate to necmey postage-paying, .e., revenue-pro- ducing, correspondence. Moreover, the statistics of mail matter which in past years were taken both at Sub-Offices and the Controlling Offices have this year been taken only at the Head Offices.

Woodward v. Samuels--reported in 122 Law Times Reports, p. 681. The County Court Judge held that the standard rent of a flat was the rent at which it was first let. The Divisional Court pointed out the down from Wachow during the Very little new business has been we regretfully have to state their difficulties of the question, but week end. Chickons, on Sunday reported and things have been very finally concluded that the case was were sold wholesale ut $1.12 per 1b.slack all round. Greys have eased Some husbands we know give their of mail matter posted will show that

The Manchester met by section 2 (3) of the Act of while the price of ducks was 60market is reported to be very steady, 1915, and that to arrive at the cents per lb. This, dealers say, is standard rent of the flat it was due to the Kwangsi troops inter- necessary to apportion the standard|fering

JAPAN MATCHES. .. rent of the entire house.

with commerce above Wnchow. After being expelled by

off a little more.

MONDAY, JULY 30, 1928..

DAIRY FARM NEWS.

DAIRY FARM PORK PIES

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Customers are requested not to keep pies overnight in this hot weather.

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A wise woman is one who has a great deal to say and remains silent. If this is true then are no wise women in the Colony.

A glance at the general returns wives kisses by the bushel, Others there was good and sufficient reason only give a "peck."

for the strict enforcement of the policy of economy and retrench- SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. ment. It has long been realised

that the rate of progression of inclines in normal business in any SEVERAL PAKHÓ HOUSES crease could not, under the old con-year, due to military activities in

DAMAGED.

ditions, be maintained from year to certain areas, cause fictitiously large year indefinitely, and in the early increases in mail matter figures in these same areas in the following months it was recognised that 1922

The big picture now showing at would not be a very favourable year. year, provided conditions during the Decreases of 5 millions, 9 mil statistical periods have returned to the Star is "Rustling a Bride," a Hong, and half a million, respective Rormal. But 1022 has been unfav-story of the West. A cowboy car A severe thunderstorm with ly in the quantities of ordinary, urable in most districts, in both ries on a correspondence across strong gale and much rain was registered, and express articles postulves of the year. Indeed to a the continent with Emily, a girl experienced last night. The Ger- ed are shown, as compared with the large extent the financial situation he has never seen. Emily comes man mission residence was struck figures of 1921,-representing a

has been saved by the increase in West and then the adventure starts.

I share the difficulty felt by the Sun Yat-sen's troops, they entered During June 27,862 cases of learned Judges at Home, but I have their native province and are now matches were exported. Of these no corresponding section in our spread over the fortile districts Kobe contributed 20,335, Osaka Ordinance to assist me. It is agreed tubove Wuchow. In an endeavour 924, Nugoya 50, and Ujima 50. that there is in our law no general to seize all they can, they are Tho total is 224 cases less than for (From Our Own Correspondent.) power to apportion. Our section 5 terrorising the people who dread May and falls short of the figure for (1) is not the equivalent of the Eng them more than they do the rob- the corresponding period of last lish section-it has a very limited bora.

year by 3,400. application.

The case was exhaustively argu ed and many decisions were cited for the defendant. But they turn

· Importers of manufactured goods have had to store their merchandise

in Wuchow as there is no oppor unify to send it on to inland towns.

an other circumstances and The majority of their agents, acting | different law, and I can get no ma-oh previous instructions to ship up terial assistance from them. On cargo as soon as possible, have now the whole, I think that the plaintiff been advised to wait. And to it is right and that the standard rent seems as if the long-looked for re of this portion is the rent at which it opening of trade is just as far off was first let, that is $77. There ice the rich province of Kwangsia must be judgment for the plaintiff; with costs, which, I agree, should, cannot be tapped.

in view of the importance of the

WORLD THEATRE.

BEBE DANIELS IN THE

SCREEN.

A naughty girl who would flirt. worried guardian who had to get the naughty girl married and settled down a fince who realized

PARHOL, July 24.

IMPENDING TROUBLE.-

THE STAR.

#RUSTLING A BRIDE."

by lightning and one Chinese girl total diminution of barely 31 per parcels posted and especially by the The cowboy hero, who has sent her a photograph of his handsome was killed: Fire broke out which eent.,yot, when allowance is enhanced money order business friend; instead of his own, finds it. at first threatened the whole build made for, roughly, 10 million covers which continues to grow rapidly. Ing The Church Missionary of free, f.e., On Bervico, corres Post Ofices are withdrawing in when he gets arrested for horse As the year closes the foreign and his task is not made any easier no easy matter to square himself, Society and several Chinese build-pondence omitted from the statistics accordance with the decisions taken stealing on the day of his bride's ings also sustained damage. ́. At this year, and for the foot that in at the Washington Conference. In arrival How everything gets, past years discrimination between this way the Powers bave vinced straightened out is a well fold story the mail matter posted at Sub their confidence in this Administr there being a number of original Offices had that posted at their Con- tion, and when the necessarily turns in the plot, which holds the Exciting times are expected trolling Head Offices has not been trying period of transition is post interest from start to finish. fint he had to cure the girl of Kwangel and other troops are so fully insisted upon, the final fe- there in every reason to believe that flirting before he married her, and opposing General Wong Ming-tong sulf probably represents an increase full satisfaction will be given to the a plot blood-curdling enough to at Lim Chow City and it is report in mail matter handled, but one so increasing postal needs of all rosi Can You Afor the Risk ↑ cure any girl of anything theseed, that a gunboat and several small as to be a negligible nechesion the ingredients of Bebeks with soldiers are coming in a turn-over of 400 millions.

denta in China. The profits of Probst Hanbury. & Daniels newest comedy Ducks from Hollow. If true Sun Yat The individual district reports the stomach er intestinal palo: Cham Co., Ltd.; for the year amounted and Drakes the pepplest, fazelest, sen's sympathisere will be attacked will bow to what extent the state you Ear Too Much berlain's Colic and Diarrhoes Remedy to £50,000 of which £9,668 asing Bar has ever been been. Chow, and Pathol that ch funniest picture in which this on two sides. The madn

Lim of the country was inimical to Distress is the stoccach alter eating wwok Talk to relieve-th--EKOSH"BOVDED" casca. Get it to day, there will be no truding profit.

The capital reorganisation scheme Another fine comedy All aboard have already led to the consulates, tables will illustrate district develops. Try as the next slime you eat postal work and the statistical relieved by taking pas of Chamberlain time to send for it after the attack comes

For sale by all Chemists and Bibre preferred ordinary: shares. Router closes the programme for the week hospitale, business, and missionment:q? Unfortunately for fair and maẹp than you should. For sale by al¡ | Povera and dangeryzNA VAROR FOC asla !

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koopers.

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