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RENTS IN COLONY

[To the Editor of the "China Mail"

Sir, The report published of the Committee meating of the Property Owners' Association in the "China "Mail" is of great interest.

There is no doubt that much lo bour has been spent in some quar, ters to cultivate an impression that rents are playing an important part fu determining the prosperity of trade in the Colony. The attack on the Hong Kong dollar has appar ently ceased and it is the Hong Kong landlord who has come in for his share of mud-slinging.

Is for rents to go up. Applying this simple rule to Hong Kong, one can see why rents have on the whole come down since 1926, although in the Central district where the de mand is for the business type of house, renta have not ahown much appreciable différence. It is clear then that if there is a great demand on property in the Centtral dis- trict, rent in this locality must abcessarily remain high and will continue to be high until either the supply is augmented by the erection of taller and more commodious build- ings or by the expansion of the existing business area, or the de With the object of requesting themand is diminished by merchants re- Government to introduce legislation adjusting their office requirements. for the purpose of curtailing rents,

There is thus no justification for a number of Chinese business mon alleging that succour to the trade have been holding weekly meetings of the colony could be brought by tho and pasting resolutions. The opin-control or reduction of rents. ion has been expressed that as merchants are suffering from trade depression, house owners should do something to manifest their sym- pathy, preferably by reducing rents, helping thus to lessen the mer- chants' unbearable burden. If own. ors should refuse to come for ward of their own accord and no

Yours etc.,

COMMON SENSE.

Hong Kong, Dec. 6.

RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY

number of men resident in Hong recent years with a considerable Kong.

(To the Editar of the "China Mail") you will publish this letter in your Sir, I am renturing to ask that self-respecting owner could possibly paper because of the very close refuse, then they might be persuad-University of Oxford have had in association which the City and ed to see the error of their ways by a combined effort on the part of in dignant merchants to seek new pre mises. If this method even fails or if it proves too unprofitable for ten Infirmary in this City formed a part During the War the Radcliffe) ants to pursue owing to the many valuable fittings they have to leave

of the Third Southern General behind, then it is for the Govern

Hospital, in which many soldiers ment to introduce a new ordinance from all parts of the Empire were to provide for the creation of what restored to health, and it would be bas been termed a "Fair Rents exaggeration to say that its Board." Whether all or any of!

influence and organlastion, by these measures are practicable only Surgical Staffs pervaded the whole means of its Honorary Medical and network of military hospitals in the Oxford area,

time can tell.

Merchants are, however, not to be blamed if in their concern for restor- ing the sole object of their devation to normality, they occasion. ally over-reach themselves and tread un other people's toes. They are only to be pitied as many a remedy devised by themselves has been tried, but no signal success has been

in sight. They have remembered to put the cause of depression down to every thing and to everyone else, but they have managed to forget that perhaps it is with their very own selves that they have to con tend

He

Again, the Radcliffe Infirmary la associated with the Medical School which have passed so many Rhodes of Oxford University, through Scholars and other overseas medical students.

For these two. reasons the Com- mittee feel that there may be many people in Hong Kong, who, would which is now being made to enlarge be glad to help la a great effort the Hospital and bring it up-to-date in every respect.

H.R.H. the Prince of Wales has graciously contributed to the Fund, and the President, Sir William R. Morris, Bart,, has promised £40,000 to build a new Maternity Depart- if the general public will subscribe ment and further sum of £10,000 £80,000. Towards this a

aum of 543,000 has already been received.

The district served is a large and comparatively poor one but, the

and around Oxford have already supported the "Appeal most gen erously,

Whether a merchant succeeds or not in his business is certainly not due to the amount of rent which hia landlord demands from him. If ho finds the premises he is occupying too costly for his purpose, it is time for him to think of retrenchment and to seek one less costly. must remember it is not the rapaci ous landlord who fixes the amount of rent to be paid; it is rather the rapa.working men and women living in cious tradesinan who finds It profitable to offer the landlord as much more in order to oust a more formidable and successful rival. In short, the amount of rent which can be obtained from a house de pends directly on the number of persons who desire that house. If there is a plentiful supply of the kind of houses wanted, thera will be competition in letting and rents tend to come down. If on the con- trary the supply of the kind of house petition in hiring and the tendency

wanted is limited, there will be com-

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In conclusion, I can only expresa the hope that if you are good enough by someone who has cause to re- Date Changed In View Of to publish this letter, It may be read member the Radcliffe Infirmary with gratitude, and who may be glad to take the present opportunity of ex- pressing auch gratitude by sending large or small donation to "The Fund" at Messrs. Barclay's Bank, Radcliffe Infirmary Extension Ltd., High Street, Oxford.

Yours, etc.,

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Honorary Treasurer. Oxford, November 4.

BANK NOTES Local Circulation And Reserve

1st floor.

A CAUSE CELEBRE Dramatic End To Murder Trial

New York, Yesterday. by the League of Nations Secre- bookmaker,

The dramatic acquittal of the

ing has been fixed for January 13, fous racketeer associate Rothstein tariat that the League Council meet- charged with murdering his notor George McManus,

instead of January 20. This change in November of last year, enda a of plan bas followed as a result of cause: celobre which affected the Signor Grandi's that Italy's convenience would be Commissioner and a number of representations city's politics and cost the Police met by antedating the meating of senior police officers their jobs. the League Council, so that it would The hearing had proceeded for not overlap the meeting in London thirteen days. The case for the pro- of the Five Power Naval Conference, secution' depended upon circumstan- due to open on January 21.

tial evidence, the value of which was The Foreign Secretary, Mr.lessed by the witnesses' refusal Arthur Henderson, will attend the to substantiate" in the witness-box League Council as the British repre- what they averred secretly Lieut. Bentative-British Wirelcas Ser Judge Intervened and ordered the jury to return a verdict of ac- quittal,Reuter's American Service.

Returns of the average amount yice. of Bank Notes in circulation and of specie in reserve in Hong Kong, during the month ended Novem- ber, 80, 1929, as certified by the Managers of the respective Banks are as follow mesenter

Amount. In Reserve

Bank of India, Australia and

China $16,626,844 $8,000,000*

Hong Kong and

Shanghai

Banking Cor poration Merc

Bercantile Bank of In día, Ltd.

52,322,100 $4,000,000+

1,881,946 060,0008 Total $70,880,479 40,660,000 In addition Sterling Becurities are deposited with the Crowa Agents valued at $1,286,000. In addition Securities depoelt od with the Crown Ageuta and. Straits Government valded:

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EXTRALITY POLICY

The Future Status of Shanghai

Shanghai, Yesterday.

The Shanghai Municipal Counell,

THE NORTHERN WAR

Peiping Express Fails To Arrive

Shanghai, Yesterday.

In a memorandum explaining their that yesterday traffic on the Pe "A message from Hankow states stion to Judge, Feetham, state king-Hankow Railway wac again they fully appreciate the im-suspended and the Feking express relation between the policy failed to arrive. It is officially trality and, the complicated stated, however, that this w

of the future status of merely because of congestion due during the transition to the troops withdrawing from fore* such policy can Honan.

effective.

Part of the First Division were a to devise some, con-despatched to Ichang, yesterday plan which will give full where heavy fighting is going on to the aspirations of fifteen below, they town between and, at the same time, Government forces and rabels. .-.-. ate protection to the I is also learned that the en-

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