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WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 7, 1928..
CORRESPONDENCE.
"WELL-KNOWN
CYNIC."
[To the Editor of the " China Mall.”↑
ARMISTICE DAY.
MILITARY SERVICES ON SUNDAY NEXT.
Command Orders, issued yos Sir,That my friend-for-terday, contain the following accept the identification-who has detalls for Armistice Day obser
upset "M.J.O.”
by his
vances on Sunday next: phraseology, was a cynic is news
On to me. But in view of what I bave
So
Armistice Day, Sunday, seen of the abuse to which he has November 11, Church Parade aer been subjected in certain clericalist vices will be held at 10.45 a.m. at papers, I see nothing in the state-St. John's Cathedral or Nf ment at all improbable.
scats are being reserved for Naval With this in mind, I cannot but and Military officers and their think that it ill becomes "M.J.O." families and accommodation for to be 50 fastidious about 50 Naval ratings and 100 raak and terminology. Specimens of the file of the Army. The following abuse to which I refer may be had Garrison Artillery-1 Officer and will represent the Army-Royal on application. Meanwhile, I will only say that it makes the 20 other ranks. 2nd Battalion The phrases which offend "M.J.O." King's Regiments Officers and appear trifling. I may remind 80 other ranks. "M.J.O." that, in certain countries where the Church o: which he is so zealous a supporter is in power, practice of other cults would be visited by something more palpable than exceptionable references. Whether or not they be fighting the good fight is not a relevant issue, but they are not fighting the
straight fight.
With apologies for encroaching on your space, and enclosing my card
I am, Sir,
Yours faithfully, R.A.D.F.
Hongkong, November 7.
POPPY DAY DRIVE,
[To the Editor of the "China Mad,"||
Sir-Touching the above I have talked to many people about the sale of Poppies on Armistice Day! for the Earl Haig's Fund and at rather seems to me that there is a lack of information amongst the general public concerning Earl Haig's Fund and a corresponding lack of sympathy with Poppy Day Drive. All money collected by Poppy Day Drive (less expenses) will be remitted to Earl Haig's Fund, the objects of which are to relieve the distress amongst
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THE CHINA MAIL.
COMMERCIAL NOTES.
CHINESE CONTRACTS.
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It has bean customary to use in this column, the words "usust guild terms." This is because the stipula- tione are invariably understood-in the different trades and they are not mentioned on the contracte. A that the tranmotion in question is stamp is merely put in to the effect on the basis of the usual guild under- standing. Below are set forth soine of the conditions of the big guilds.
SUGAR MARKET CONDITIONS. Sugar ia usunily bought and sold in Nam Pak Hong on the following conditions, ie, for spot goods
CANADIAN PACIFIC
TO
MANILA.
Commencing with the arrival' from Vancouver of the "Empress of Russia," 25th March, the Canadian Pacific will inaugurate a New Sarvica batween Hongkong-and Manila by the Steamers "Empress of Russia" and "Empress of Asia,”
Leaving Hongkong regularly on the Wednesday after arrival from Vancouver the Steamers will arrive at Manila, Friday Morning, leave Manila Saturday Evening and arrive back in Hongkong, Monday Morning 7 a.m.
Clearance within one month; cash on delivery; nett weights, ie. tare is deducted usually 2lbs. per bag: stonge on goods not cleared within specified time, to be charged to At II am a gun will be fired huger; the buyer pays the seller from Murray parade ground. All2 per cent. commission and 8 cente guards will turn out and present per picut for delivery into lighter; arms and all troops will stand at the seller allows 1 per cent. for attention, for two minutes. At the cash also 14 per cent. trade dis
minutes List conclusion of
count, known as "premium on Post" will be sounded from the notes. The quality is determined Murray parade ground by the 3nd Battalion The King's Regt, and in by a sample drawn from the godown Kowloon by the 2/4th Bombay particulars as on the ampling order. and the contracts quote the same Grenadiers (K. E. O.)
At the conclusion of the service. Prices are per pical of 1534168.
**FLOUR GUILD TERMS.' in St. John's Cathedral the Naval
Flour is dealt in under what is and Military Forces attending the service, headed by the Band of the known as "Flour Guild Terms." 2nd Battalion The King's Regi-They stipulato elearance in a ment, and joined en route by a month, otherwise overdue expenses further Naval detachment, will to be charged at 33 cents per sack march to the Cenotaph and take up per month. It is sold in standard position on the West side, Buglers sacks 50lbs. according to brand. of the 2nd Battalion The King's The buyers pays the seller 2 per own account. Regiment at the foot of the cent, commission an 11 cents per produce bare and ship it an consign. Cenotaph.
sack fo delivery inte lighter. The ment to agents elsewhere. Or they seller allows 1 per cent, for cash and would sell direct to merchants in a trade discount of 1 per cent.
The ground round the Cenotaph will be occupied as follows:-
West Side: Formed bodies of Navy and Army.
CANADIAN PACIFIC.
Passenger Department: - Tel 752.
FREIGHT and Express: Tel. 42.
They would buy
Cables: GACANPAC. Cables: NAUTILUS,
CONSIGNEES
HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE.
RION CHARONS. Rice, is dealt in according to gross East Side: Representatives of weighte, i.e., the burlap gunny, is Volunteers, British Legion, reckoned as rice. Clearance has to E.ASMA., and the Mercantile be effected in a month. Cosh The present tendency is for the
other ports and ship them the cargo. THE Motorship their own stocks on their own It was also their practice to import
account.
Marine.
North Side Band, 2nd Battlion, The King's Regiment.
South Side: Representaives of the Government, the Chamber of Commerce, the Consular Body, the principal firms and Officers and their familles.
The above will be on the grass (1) Ex-Service men.
round the Cenotaph. The general (2) Widows', ' orphans
and public will be on the pavement dependants of those killed beyond the gress. in the War.
The Navy, Army, Volunteers, etc., will be in position by 11.50
a
2.31.
into the hazardous and/or extra-
"ERMLAND" having arrived, Consignees of Cargo by her are hereby notified that all against delivery for which I per firma to be favoured by produce goods are being landed at their risk, cont. is allowed by the galler, merchants in other places. Of hazardous Godowns of the HONG- Buyers have to pay 2 per cent, com course the risk is removed and one KONG & KOWLOON WHARF & mission to the sellers, but they get by one, the merchants who used to GODOWN CO., LTD. whence and/or in return 2 per cent. trade discount. import for their own socount were from the Wharves, delivery can be
Siam rice, if the buyer takes content to accept cargoes on con obtained.
Instead of looking to delivery ex-ahip, he paya a delivery signent, charge of 1 cent per picul. If he buying agents to cater for their the goods have left the Godown, buya ex-godown he paya 3 cents a Deeds, the firms have gradually, and all goods remaining undelivered pieul for delivery into lighter. The charged till there is hardly a real after 7th November, 1923, will be
subject to rent. seller gives a gratuity of 30lbs. per "Nam Pak Hong" left.
All Claim must reach us by 100 bags for samples. In the case
However, the teria is still used of Saigon Rice delivery ex-godown
No claims will be admitted after
No Fire Insurance will be effected.
(3) Disabled.
extensively and Europeane may be 14th November, 1923, or they will is also at 8 ceata per picul and confused. Bonham, Strand West is
not be recognised. Taking these three bodies of peo- ple one by one, while there is no place at the Cenotaph at 12 noon; has to find, a suitable junk for the houses are mostly situated. In the Douglas (Marine, Surveyors) at 10 The following ceremony will take ex-ship it is 1h cents but the seller where the big Chinese import export examined by Mesars. Goddard and All damaged packages will ba doubt that the unemployed at Home On arrival of His Excellency, buyer who pays the hire himself. old days referred to above, the street have by their own actions destroy, the Governor, "God save the Tho cumshaw for samples is only was the home of the Nam Pak m. on 6th November, 1923.
certain amount of the King" will be played. Hymn 20lbs. per 100 bags Tonkin and sympathy of the public, there is an "O God, our help in ages past." Yeungkong Rice is never soldi Hongs, hamon the rame Nam Pak
"Last Post" His Excellency, the siderable distress exists amongst Governor will place a wreath at the ex-godown at 4 cents per picul but to denote the locality and is also
ex-ahip; it is invariably delivered Hong street. The term is now deed; signed by Cenotaph. "Reveille." "God save the gratuity for samples is 10lbs. erroneously applied to prominant the King" will be sung. His Ex-
"ninety-eight"firms which have cellency the Governor, leaves.
Nan Pak Hongs. gradually taken the places of the
the other hand no doubt that
coa
the unemployed ex-servicemen: in fact one sentence of Earl Haig's Telegram this year reads
"Unemployment causing severe distress amongst Ex-Service men,"
NINETY-EIGHT FIRMS,"
Wreaths to be placed by the gen-should pay a seller commission and I may seem strange that a buyer eral public.
The Troops march back to bar expenses and then deduct practically Regarding No. 2 while the racks, headed by the Band of the the equivalent in cask and “trade" widows, provided they are able 2nd Bn. The King's Regt.
discounts. This is because the bodied, can no doubt work and look The Garrison Police will assist majority of our big Chinese whole after themselves, many of the the Civil Police in keeping the sale houses only act sa inter- children will require support until ground-round-the-Cenotaph. mediaries-and-are-known as "Kau they grow up and during that
Permission is granted to the Pat Hong" meaning "Ninety-eight interval they can but be regarded wearing of the Poppy by the troops firms." The reason for this is that
as a trust left to us by those who in uniform on November 10. have been killed.
Regarding the third body, the
3 per cent, each way is charged by the firm really commission agents and only 98 per cent. is paid to the principala. The so-called "delivery expenses" rarely accrue to the firm; they go to swell tho employees' bonus, which is usually divided at the end of the year in various proportions in the ratio of responsibility.
disabled from the War, presumably the Government or somebody clothes them and feeds them as this manner, but the cause is one they live, but assistance is also with which I sympathize deeply rendered to them by Earl Halg's and I am given to understand that Fund and a proportion of the the Poppy Day Committee who are money remitted from Hongkong organizing the local appeal are will be devoted either to their much handicapped in their efforts support, or to procuring for them not only by lack of offers of assist- the comforts and attention they ance, but also by apparent apathy A real thorough going Nam Pak need in their crippled state, such for the objects of the appeal. If Hong is practically non-existent as tobacco etc., which will convey people review the position as it is, now in Hongkong. The character to them a message of sympathy feel convinced they will give Nam moans South and Pak denotes and also the pleasant information Poppy Day their very generous North. Hong is a large firm and that though they are out of sight, support, they are not out of mind. Few of us there are who have not seen
them carried off armless, legless,
eyeless, or in some way crippled and though I have no statistics at
Yours &c.,
SYMPATHISER,
Hongkong, November 6.
hand the number of the disabled [To the Editor of the "China Mail."I stowed away in different corners must run into thousands. To them who were formerly able bodied
their lot easier to bear.
"NAM FAR HONGS."
SHIPBUILDERS.:
JAVA SUGAR.
Except that local prices have
Bills of Lading will be counter--
ARNHOLD & CO., LTD.,
Agents. Hongkong, 31st October, 1923.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
firmed up slightly as the result of a THE Steamship few sales of white sugar for the North and Hankow, there is little. change to report in the sugar market. Business was done this morning at $1423 fora good lot of No. 24 rough white. No. 24 fine white was quoted at $14.70 and No 18 rough brown at $13.94 per picul Java Brown weakened to $12.70.
FLOUR PRICES.
This morning's quotations by Chinese Importers were follows
"White Greens” ...$2.9z* "Kingfisher...
2.96*
J
· Sperry?s XXX"...-3.59. "Reindeer": .com 2.82
Melon "White Rose' "Kwan Tao" "Banana"? "Big Gun"
2.80* ****** 2.80*
2:79 2.82: 2.85
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"BOLTON CASTLE"
From NEW YORK -
(WONBIGNEES of Cargo are hereby informed that all Goods being landed at their risk into the Go- downs of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company, Ltd, at Kowloon, whence and/or from the wharvos delivery may be obtained.
Optional Cargo will be forwarded uuleme notice to the contrary be given. before 2nd inst.
No claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godowna, and all Goods remaining undelivered after the 8th inst, will be subject to rent.
All claimi against the steamer must be presented to the Undersigned on ou before the 18th inst., or they will not be recognized.
All broken, chafad, and damaged Goods are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined on the 9th inst, at 10 mm. by our surveyors Messrs. Goddard & Donglas,
* denotes sales, others nominal. the whole phrase indicates a large business house which boasts of Spor goods, per sack of 50 lbs. merchandise from the South and The market for futures" has a North, which till some years ago weak tendency on account of diff was the limit of a Chinese mer culty in clearing off some old lots. chant's activities. At that time, Dealers and speculators are how
White by there were a number of booses ever willing to buy which were genuine traders in the Greens" and "Kingfisher" at sense that they were principale prices ranging about 12 to 14 cents men such misfortune must be the Public of Hongkong will be
Sir-On Saturday, the to instant who bought and sold on their per zack below "spot" prices. particularly irksome
and any message of remembrance that we given a chance to shew that its flow can send them cannot fail to make After the lapse of five years many of sympathy has not yet dried up. The Public have in the past been people are surprised that the need very generous in contributing to for Poppy Day still exists. It is these objects, but this generosity difficult to realise that there are to does not quite meet the bill, besday thousands of cases of wounded cause as long as these people who and disabled men undergoing treat have suffered in the service of the meat in Hospitals in England. Empire live, the need for funds to Some of them will never leave xellave the distress amongst them Hospital alive while others are so handicapped by physical disability Earl Haig's Fund, as far as it is that they cannot fight unaided in able, deals with the distress Civil life. Such an unequal combat amongst the various people men.. is indeed dispiriting to them. Sad tioned above and Armistice Day to relate sympathy, with these once a year would seem to be a unfortunate mon has been some- good opportunity of contributing to what alienated by the action of the funds according to our means, some of their more fortunate com- Armistice Day being the day, when rades in clamoring for special we give thanks that the Wareaded rights and privileges as ex-service when it did, and ended in our men. The resultant acrimonious favour.
discussions weże, almost indecent,
cxists.
As
It may be that I take too much in the midst of so much suffering. Let us on Poppy Day try to rid our
upon myself in writing to you in minds of contentious thoughts and CORCUALIATE ON LISTS WHO ARE TEKK fortunate than ourselves so that wo may grant them that financial félö that fa so necessary for the lightens ing of the burden they have book Eulled upon to bear for our saker.
stiff pack soon essed and, theums
paing Sing Mint and shoulders ribbed do the Kabing spòt,
Yours etc. #SYMPATHY
SHIP REPAIRERS: BOILER MAKERS, FORGE MASTERS, OXY-ACETYLENE, AND ELECTRIC WELDERS. MECHANICAL, AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS,
No Fire lasiranos haa' been effecied.” Bill of Lading will be countersigned
DODWELL & CO., LTD.
Agente. Hongkong, 2nd November, 1921
OF HONGKONG, LIMITED.
TAIKOO DOCKYARD & ENGINEERING COMPANY
DRY DOCK.
VOTING CONTEST.
OUR $50 PRIZE.
COLONY'S BEAUTY SPOTS.
What are Hongkong's ten prettiest beauty
spots in the list given below? Name them
in their order and win our $50 prize.
Twinky diferent loon) Beauty spota aru mamad below. Select the ten you nonsider the most popular and welta them out in the order of your shafts. Thşu out the form out and send it to the "China Mall” ollos marked "Vote,”
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MAKE YOUR CHOICE HERE
Below we name twenty local beauty spots. Select the ten you think the most popular,
... Botanic Gardens Bowen Road Castle Peak
...Deep Water Bay
Fanling
...Flower Street Jubilee Road
Happy Valley: King's Park
Lyeemun
1..:
3...
3...
4....
5...
7...
8...
9...
10....
11...
12....
...Nathan Road.
13...
-14.
15...
18...
17...
18...
19...
20...
Mount Parker
Repulse Bay ....Shatin Sookumpoo Stanley Statue Square Stonecutters
.....The Peak
Tytam
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To the Editor
Sir,
China Mail, Hongkong, November 7, 1923.
Hongkong.
I consider the following the ten prettiest local beauty spots placed in the order in which I think they are prettiest
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