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LOCAL AND GENERAL.

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It is understood through the Mr. E. W. Hamilton took pity Canadian Trade Commissioner on a Chinese coolie who was charg- that the Canadian Governmented with stealing a plece of wood at Merchant Marine announced that the Kowloon. Magistracy A Chinese correspondent hason, June 12 It would inaugurate a morning. The coolie said he had written to the China Mail in con- a steamship service from Montreal no money and he had to take the nection with the North Point to Jupan and China, for the carriage wood. The Magistrate handed harbour scheme. Regarding the

The service him 40 cents and cautioned hiny. of general cargo. project for erecting wharves and will be maintained on a monthly godowns he faisos a query as to

being

with Bailings basissy

charged A. Chloese whether the warehouses will be ferred to St. John. N. 8. and demanding $300 from Cheung the close of Ping, an öld man whom "he for,"shipping" or "storage" par Halifax, N.S., on poses.

navigation on the St, Lawrence. threatened to assault, was sent to By the former he means the This new service, which, it is felt, jail for three months with hard- class of godown similar to some will be of considerable benefit to labour by Mr. E. W. Hamilton at this Kowloon Magistracy belonging to the Wharf & Godown

exporters and Importers in the the Co. and Holt's Wharf at Kowloon, eastern provinces, is made possible morning. the China Merchants' and China through a plan which will combine Navigation godowns at West Point.

the

and existing Intercoastal

For falling to reduce speed The point he raises is that cargo Pacific Oriental services, permit when entering the Yaumati stored in this kind of godown isting steamers to sail from Montreal camber, the master of a steam usually removed in seveh days-

to Vancouver and thence to launch was fined $3 at the Marine the free storage period-or tran- shipped, and hints at abnormal Yokohama and Shanghai without Court this morning. According to the necessity of transshipping police evidence defendant went lighter and towage rates because cargo loaded in the East for from the northera entrance to the of the distance from the storage Oriental destinations.

southern without reducing speed. godowns now established.

In maintaining monthly sche-

The master of a motor launch Storage godowns, our correspondules, six steamers of 8.400, tons dent writes, are sinillar to those of

Montreal, this morning on it being found be followed being This first Saturday (June 28) will the China Provident Co. and Wharf will be employed, the itinerary to was discharged at the Marine court 4 see the commencement of the and Godown Co. at West Point Victoria, Vancouver, thence to that his statement that his licence Match between where cargo is stored till purchased Yokohama and Shanghal. Imports had not been returned from the Test Second

and cleared and the storage period from the Orient for Eastern Canada Harbour Office was correct. England and South Africa at

is indefinite. He says that if the will be handled with the same could therefore not produce it Lord's.

In connection with the first match projected godowns are to be used advantage as Canadian exports by when called upon to do so by the

for storage" purposes an up-to- compare two forecasts of England's required as an adjunct owing to team.

A well-knowo Hongkong the godowns' distance from the cricketer, writing to the Ching Chinese business centre; the Mail the day before the match reluctance of Chinese to go any (June 13) had nine out of the distances to draw sampleland the eleven names correct. His forecast extra expense of taking delivery from godowns at North Point as compared with those at West Point...'

NEW YORK, June 25. Brookly....... 5 New York......12

Philadelphia... 7 Boston.

3

Cincin 2 Pittsburgh.....

Philadelphia... Boston:

7

5

AMERICAN LEAGUE.

New York... 3"Washington

SECOND TEST MATCH.

"FORECASTS INVITED.

Bosto1.......... Philadelphia... 3. Chicago... 3 Cleveland 4 at Edgbaston it is interesting to date system of transport would be the vessels, which will return from police.

New York 2 Washington... 4

3 Philadelphia... Boston...... Chicago Cleveland 4

-Reuter.

DEMOCRATIC CON- VENTION.

was i

J. B. Hobbi (Surrey), H. Sut eliffe (Yorkshire), E. Hendron (Middlesex), Mr. A. W. Carr, captain (Notts). F. E. Woolley (Kent), R

New York, June 23. The Democratic. Convention at

Kilner (Yorkshire), present appears to be at sixes and sevens in regard to both platform Mr. P. G. H. Fender (Surrey), and candidates. The resolutions M. W. Tate (Surrey), C. H. Parkin committee sal all night and listen-(Lancashire), Mr. A. E. R. Gilligan ed to arguments for and against (Sussex) and W. H. Livesey, America's joining the League of wicket-keeper (Hampshire). Nations and in regard to prohibi- tion, the Ku Klux Klan and other Apparently no internal issues. agreement was reached on any of these matters when the committee adjourned:

Tade Westcort impassionedly addressed the committee, urging that the platform should favour joining the League, whereafter Judge Westcott fell fainting. Other speakers urged a referen- dum on the question of joining favoured adherence to the League under conditions that would not endanger the sovereignty of the country.

the League.

Others

Some opine that Mr. McAdoo's chances of nomination are fajured by the refusal of the rules com mittee to change the rule making a two-thirds vote of the delegates necessary for nomination, to a bare majority vote.--Reuter.

PRESS

Where he went wrong was in his choice of Carr as skipper. A. P. F. Chapman (Oakham School Upping- ham, Camb. Univ. and Berks) who is now qualifying for one of

In a letter to the Daily Mail on

Empire Day. Mr. Stanley Harris

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CANTON SILK. TRADE.

SOME OUTSPOKEN COMMENT.

(Prom Our Commercial Correspondent.)

CANTON, June 25.

to vit. Yokohama Shanghai Vancouver, thence

to Eastern Canadian ports:

C. P. R's. GOOD YEAR.

&

At the annual meeting of the shareholders of the Canadian Pacific Railway, held on May 7. the President, Mr. E. W. Beatty, in his annual report, said: "The operations of the company were conducted during the year in a satisfactory manner satisfactory results, substantial increase earnings resulted in

more modern means. This, how revenue

and with

A. fairly

in gross 3 mode-

He

Despite the special attraction that the house was vacant and therefore open to residence, Mr. Lammert's gentle persuasion failed to draw response at an auction held yesterday afternoon when No. 4, Liberty Avenue, Homuntin, was put up for sale. The auctioneer suggested starting bidding at $20,000 but the small orowd pre- sent thought the price too high and the property was withdrawn.

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SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

PREMIERS' MEETING-

An eleven year-old. Chinese boy rate increase in net earnings. The

was knocked down and injured in property has never been in so ex-

the left ankle yesterday by a motor In recent years Canton's slikcellent a condition as it is now. lorry owned by the Hongkong market has shown a long trend of The tonnage moved during the Tramways Company. The accid- the first-class counties, was given eccentricities and it would not be past year amounted to 39,852,994ent happened in the Praya East the place and G. E. C. Wood out of place to set down the views an increase over the previous year near Percival Strept and the boy (Cheltenham, Camb. Univ. and of some of the leading Chinese of 3,108,408, and over the year 1921 was taken to the Government Civil Kent) was given the position of merchants who are interested in of 7,142,388. The increase was Hospital.

South China trade generally. principally accounted for by a wicket-keeper.

Moscow. June 25.--M. Zluovieff, The consensus of opinion attri- heavier movement of grain and butes the stoppage of purchases by lumber, manufactured articles and in a speech at the Communist. In ternational Congress, declared that of Thornton Heath, Surrey, gave America and France during the general merchandise..

"The operations of your steam-

England is now our chief task. as his selection-the strongest last few months, to the antiquated possible side to represent England methods used by the Chinese ship lines were on the whole satis-If we succeed in creating a mass. producers and their not adopting factory, and during the year the Communist party there, half the of both fleets from European victory will be achieved. as follows:

(Surrey), Sutcliffe Hobbs (Yorkshire), Hearne (Middlesex), ever, is incorrect. What has been passenger business was almost We must not undervalue happen- Hendren (Middlesex), Woolley accomplished by the Ling Nam doable the revenue secured from "ings in England. We must set to (Kent), Rhodes (Yorkshire), Mr. College (Canton Christian Col-freight. It is anticipated that the work in British Colonies." Reuter P. G. H. Fender (Surrey), captain, lege) has been of great benefit to, immigrant travel to Canada will Mr. A. E. Gilligan (Sussex), Tate the Chinese silk industry and it greatly exceed that of 1923, and (Sussex), Tyldesley, R-(Lanca must-be-admitted that there that the general passenger travel shire) and Strudwick (Surrey), monstrations of American buyers to and from Great Brindin will be exceptionally heavy. It is too early wicket-keeper.

have had some effect. Of those mentioned above,

One cannot refrain from attrito anticipate the results of this

WASHINGTON, June 26.. Hearne, Rhodes, Tyldesley, and buting the lack of purchases by year's crop, but if the yield ap.

Mr. Kellog, the Ambassador in Strudwick were not

chosen America and France to the general proaches the crop of 1923 there although all of them have previous financial situations in those two will undoubtedly be a very exten- London, has been instructed to countries. Silk is not an absolute sive autumn business, due to a 'attend the forthcoming Premiers' The China Mail will be pleased necessity and unless the wealth of vastly improved psychological and Conference on the subject of the Test match experience, to publish any forecasts for the the people is such that there is a financial situation throughout the Dawes report. Reuter's American Second Test match that local surplus, the demand for silk will whole country."

hardly be more than nominal. enthusiasts may care to make.

However, a new factor is the entry into the market of agents of American and French buyers (several European firm names are given) last week. This disproves berg, Manchester, write as fol-

no lows in their market report dated Hertzog, has decided to invite the the statement that there is

Prince of Wales to visit South. demand for South China silk. May 21-

Those actively engaged in the Cotton. The week's fluctuations Africa but the date has not yet TOKYO, June 25.

trade are apt to lay the blame at leave prices at about the same level been fixed.—Reuter, · An extraordinary three-week

the doors of the Chinese silk

as last week.

Yarns.-Demand is slack. Prices session of the Diet opens today dealers, condemining particularly with the election of a Speaker. their shortsightednees in being

Course counts) Prince Regent will take place on exploit the market as occasion eituke is small.

The formal opening by the unable to resist the temptation to are still well maintained but the June 26, and the first regular session offers. In this connection it is have been reduced a little but fine on the 30th inst, at which the interesting to mention a story that counts" are

and the Fremier of Finance

one Chinese silk dealer who start Foreign Minister will speak,

ed with a capital of $15,000 cleared Sir Thomas Bennett referred to

More than usual interest is being $50,000 net profit in less than a the growth of Indian newspapers aroused by the proceedings, partly during the past forty years. in view of the Kenseikai's retura

IN THE EAST.

LONDON, June 24 Sir Thomas Bennett, and the Singaporean, Mr. Alexander Still were the principal guests at a

luncheon given by the Institute of Journalists. Sir M: Bhownaggrec, Sir Alfred Robbins, Sir Robert Donald and many other prominent home and overseas pressmen were present..

Mr. Still in a speech dwelt on

varicd

of the character the

which pressmen recognition received in the East. He advised the younger journalists not to shirk opportunities of securing appoint ments abroad, because every year spent overseas added to theirvalue both as journalists and citizens. He hoped the Institute and Empire

'Press Union would bear in mind that the newspaper press was not entirely confined to Fleet Street.

Reuter.

GERMAN

DIET OPENS,

MORE THAN USUAL INTEREST.

year.

1

HOME TRADE.

Messrs. Morreau and Spiegel-

rates.

firm at last week's

Service.

The

PRINCE'S TOUR.

CAPETOWN, June 26.".. now Premier, General

TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENTS.

PUBLIC AUCTIONS

Cloths-Bids from overseas are: HE Undersigned have received still a long way below Manchester rates, and manufacturers have to Auction... With such instances of unwise be very hungry before transactions to power, and partly from the profiteeering as the foregoing, is it find their way to the order book. indications that the Government strange that when the general

With spot cotton at 181,, May

REPARATIONS. will announce their definite policies wealth of buying countries has

the

regarding suffrage. military and shrunk appreciably, demand. 172. August at 163, and Decem-i other retrenchment, and Upper decreases?

ber at 14jd.. business becomes House reform, to which the party It was not so long ago when the exceedingly difficult, if not inipos- consider they are pledged, though dealers, seemed to have set their sible.

The Raw Cotton market is reR- progress will be made with such picul but apparently they are ponding to encli day's weather measures until the regular session with only a fraction of that figure report. next December..

it is impossible that much if any minds on aminimum of $2,200 per

now.

The Foreign Minister's speech However, it would be unfair to

Until the prospects of this year's

F.

MONDAY, 30th June, 1994,

commencing at 12 o'clock NOON.

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BRUSSELS, June 25, Belgium has accepted invitation to attend the conference to be held on July 15, with a view to put the Experts report into operation. The character of the .conference will be inter-Allied and there will be no necessity to is also awaited with interest, blame the dealers who, it is admittcrop become more certain, it is especially in connection with the ed, must to a considerable extent hardly to be expected that large call German representatives,

policy regarding be governed by the other branches business will be done. The Rhur will not be given up Government's

A miscellaneons business of sort. 60 Tons Hulphate of Ammonia until Germany gives substantiel Russia and China, upon which of the trade. But the general

(now stored in Mesari. Himly'a at present proofs of her willingness to give public attention is

should be taken as a timely China. Java and the Straits are godown, Chang Hing Street, 8bam-

abuipo) guarantees to put the plan inte being focussed.-Courtesy, Daily Chaos in the producing centresing up lots is booked for India and

Bulletin.

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sighted policy. One truth always doubtless feeling the handicap of worth remembering is that trubber at 100. per lb...

Whatever Germany may reply to the note of the Conference of Ambassadors. Belgium is as firmly DISCOURTEOUS OFFICIAL decided as France to claim the complete disarmament of Germany APOLOGIES TO AMERICAN

PASSENGERS.

-Reuter.

STOLEN PLANS.

on a small margin of profit in the

WORLD COCOA.

Continental trade is very quiet owing to the political news, and to the tightness of money in France and Germany,

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will pay in the long run to work The various South American hope of developing trade, and markets are in the market, but no extending buying connections. large quantities are reported as THE Undersigned have received Repetition of getting all one can having licen booked, excepting of the estate of the late. Bon. Mr. A. B. out of a short-lived boom has spelt perhaps for the West Coast. YOKOHAMA, June 25.

disaster in many industries which Yesterday afternoon, prior to benefited by the post-war prosperity PARIS, June 25.

the arrival of the "President Madi, since changed into post-war slump. An ex-Russian officer, Boris son," foreigners, but particularly “Mindiouck and a French engineer, Americans, wore subjected Antoine Thivat, have been 'sen- to' an unusually rigorous tenced to three years Imprisonxamination by a petty Customs ment and a thousand franes fine, official, who went the length of and ten months imprisonment ordering them to take off their A conference in Londen of re respectively, on the charge of boots and stand in their stockinged presentatives of the chief cocoa appropriating important plans, feet on the wet floors, cook full growing countries in the world belonging to eroplane factories On receiving a complaint, the passed a resolution in favour of where they were employed having higher officials intervened and collaborating with British Empire relation to interests of national apologised for the unacessary producers in a scheme for the

that defence. It is alleged

www coloperative marketing of cocoa, Mindiouck admitted that he in-diecourtesy

A committee was appointed to discuss the details.-Reiffer.

The offender, was dismissed.- -tended to communicate, the docuCourtesy Daily Bulletin, į

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