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HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION,

Authorleed Capila

$50,000,000

Emood and Falls Paid-us$20,000,0

་

THE 'CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA.

Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1853. HEAD OFFICE: LONDON. Paid-up Capital

Mating Mirer

~,000,000

14,000,000 Meserva Lasbility of "Proprietor. 830,500,000

HEAD OFFION, HONG KONG.

SOLED OF DIRECTORS,-

W. II. Beil, Laq.

Chairman

J. A, Plomanse, Bag, Depdty Chairman,

J. D. 7. Daith, Eng.

A. B. Champion, Haq,

M. T. Johnson, Moq.

2. Lauder Lowe, Esq.

SAMOZ

BANGKOK

BATAVIA

ROMEAT JOALOUTTA

CANTON

*OLOMBO WAZEM ТРОСКОМ

W. 1. Paitandan, Roq.

T. I. Psarse, Eng.

T. H. R. Shaw, Kxj.

J. P. Warren, Big-

Chit Manager.

Ho, Mr. C. Elyse.

BRANOZEN:-

LONDON

LYONS

KALACOA

ΚΑΝ ΣΤΑ MOUKDEN MUAR ONU) NAGABAKI

NEW YORK

PEIPINO PENANO

SHANGHAI

HAITONG

RANDOON

HAMBURG

SAIGON

MANKOW

BAN PRANCI800

HALBIN

HONGKEY

SINGAPORE

HLOELO

KUINKA DATA

AUNGEI PATANI

}

TIENTSIN

TOKYO

THINGTAO

from

Юнола

TOWIDOK

KUALA LUMPUR

YOKOHAMA

Ourrent counts opened la Losal Curesna)

Fixed Deposite received fue un your o skorter perioda in Locs Currency and Starling *an serose watch will be quote cur applionilce.

Hong Kong, jst Janna y, rear.

Agencies and Branches:

Reserve Fund

£3,000,000 £4,000,000

Reserva Liability of Proprie

tors

£9,000,000

ALOR STAN

XUALA LUMPUR

(Malay Sixl44)

KUCHING

AMRITSAR

MADRAS

BANOXOX

MANILA

MEDAN

NEW YORK

DATAVIA BOMBAY

DAL UTTA

CANTOR CAWNPORE CEBU

COLONDO

DAIBEN (Delay

South Mazebula)

DELUI

HAIPHONG

HAMBURO

HANKOW-

HARBIN

BUND SONG

ILGIO

IPOH

[N. Manchuriat

KARACHI

KJANG

KODE

KUALA KANGSAR

P (8.3.8.

PENING FENANO PERKAWAB BANGDON NATION

BEVARANO

SEREMBAN SHANGILAK BINGAPORE

BOTHARAYA

TAIPING

(F.M.9.)

MATOK

TIENTSIN

TOLYO

רי

TOXOKAH (Baker)

TSINGTAO

YOKOHAMA

ZAMBOANGA

(Plippine Islands)

Foreign Exchange and Ganeral Banking business transacted.

Current Accounts opened and Fix.

ed Deposits received for 1 year or shorter periods at rates which will be quoted application.

A. H. FERGUSON,

Manager Hong Kong, 8th January, 1929,

THE HO HONG BANK, LTD. (Established 1917.)

Authorised

Isaved Paid-up

CAPITAL

Reserve Liabilities

Shareholders

HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK. Surplus

The Business of the abote Thank is conduct

a by the ONO KONG AND HANOVITAL BAWLING OGAPORATION.

ablained on application.

Bular may be

FOR THE HONG KONG BHANGHAI BANKING DOEPORATION.

A. . HYNES,

The ManagENT.

Hong Kong, tok Heplacalme, 1971,

NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL - MAATSCHAPPIJ, N.V.

(NETHERLANDS THADING SOCIETY)

BANKERS,

Establlabad 1824. Sme Kong Office:-11 Queen's Road Catal Authorised Capital Guilder 150,000,000- - Capital ........... Out2 80,000,000- (28,006,651.) Quilders 4,000,000 Reserve Fund

(46,653,808.)

(E12,000,000.)

Lead (#Now:-(AMSTERDAM'). Eaton Head OM-BATAVIA, BRANCHES — Dandong) Bansbaj.

•

PIECE GOODS

COMMERCE

Normal Trading Cannot Yet Be Expected

The reports and prices are published

асситасу

as supplied by importers, and the Gen- eral Chamber of Commerce cannot ac- cept responsibility for the thereof:-

Cotton Piece Goods and Fancy Cat ton Goods.

AND

FINANCE.

COAL TRADE

Britons And Poles Agree

Rugby, Saturday.

London between the representa- After a two days' conference in

tives of the Polish Coal-owners' Association and the Central Cal. Heries Commercial Association, an There is nothing whatever doing in ¦ agreement was reached last night, fancy cotton plece goods, and enquiry and the heads of the agreemont for July shipment onward, to be ex- were signed for measures to pre- pected at this time of the year, is convent competition and to secure a spicuous only by its entire absence.

Small sales of grey and white shirt-

ings from stock are reported, prices accepted in all cases being appreciably [below replacing costs.

Offiake of white shirtings shows im- proving tendency, but aggregate in negligible.

Mid. Am. Spot was quoted at 0.44d. In Liverpool on th inst., and Eg. Sakel.. 14,30d.

Another report states:

fair and reasonable level of prices and Baltic ports.--British Wire- for caal exporta to Scandinavian

¡ess Service.

Conditions in Mines

Geneva, Yesterday. A coal conference, consisting of re- Presentatives of nine of the principal European con! producing countries, to- day had a discussion on labour condi

Butcher Men.

Boef Sirloin

Prime Cut Corned

Broast

Soup

Steak

Steak Sirion Sausages

Bullock's Braina

Tongue, fresh Tongue, corned Head

Hamp. Salt

Calves' Head & Foot Mutton Chop

Log

· Shoulder Saddlo

tions, and adopted an aportant pro- Pig's Chitling position submitted by the International Labour Office regarding the formula to apply to duration of work in mines,

This lays down that a shift starta from the moment a miner enters a cage för dezcont, until his return to the

effected by

No new business can be reported. A few enquiries have been made for -$20,000,000 "spot" lots of spring cargo and the in- 8.000,000 dications are that prices for catten 4,000,000

fancies may be fairly good after China 4.000.000 New Year, as stocks are comparatively 2.219.000 low, with no prospects of further im HEAD OFFICES-SINGAPORE ports at the present exchange. Quota-surface. The same rule applles where

entrances and exits are from Manchester for white Branches, Agencies and Correspon- tions denta in the principal cities of the shirtings show further reductions, but galleries-Reuter. world.

these are more than offset by the fur- ther drop in exchange and normal trad- ing cannot be expected whilst the pre- sent situation persists. Clearances have shown a slight improvement.

Woollens

Every description of Banklag and Exchange business transacted.

TAN ENG HODI,

Hong Kong, 15th May, 1920,

Manager.

THE BANK OF TAIWAN, LTD.

(TAIWAN GINKO)

HEAD OFFICE:-Taipeh, Formosa.

Incorporated by Special Imperial

Charter, 1899.

Clearances of woollens have been

CANTON TAXES

To Be Paid in Central Banknotes

Binlas Feat Fry

Head

Heart

Kidneys

Liver

Pork Chop

Leg

康

Loin

Fat or Lard

Sheop's Head & Foot

Heart

Kidneyn

牛牛羊羊羊羊猪猪猪猪猪羊羊羊牛乳餘群牛牛

子!

set $1.20 $1.00 $1.00

lb..

門

蹲

1b.

猪排

Almenda

THE

CHINA MAIL.

HONG KONG MARKET

MONDAY, JANUARY 13, 1930.

PRODUCE.

APPROXIMATE

RETAIL PRICES.

Jan. 8, June, June,

1080. 1918. 1914.

Cts. Cts. Cts.

Poultry.

Roast...

Heart

וז

Feat

Kidneys

Tall

Liver

Tripe

No. 1

Fish.

蚊

Fream

Canton Fresh Water

Carp

Fith 塘魚

Craba

"PRICES. TOO HIGH" Dace

Dog Fish

Cuttle Fizk Dab

K BEERSBAZZZSOZIN45HBFE+R@@8+2<KEGANBROKES3328 牛羊仔仔

155

魚魚魚魚魚魚類魚白甲花魚蝦魚魚魚婭魚花魚

公班

lb..

per set 15

each 45

jb.

$1.20

each. 10

1b.

,30

per set 90

each 15

BBBASNAEN8NDARLIEHEELSOORAB-RRESERBI AMEXERRE | 8*

Chicken

Capons, Small

28 24 - 22

#*82*28 ÷ ÷ 8.1 * * ÷ ÷ 8 : *gš84] **&2988 1848 ******!|

Capons, Large

肥躲貓

Duck

Dovea

Eggs, Hen (cooking)..

Eggs, Hea (fresh) Fowls, Canton Fowls, Hainan Geese

50 60

Pigeons, Canton

Holhow

$1.20

Turkoye, Cock

Turkeys, Hon

1산

Snipe

Phennant

Quail Partridges

BEHEEDELKABSR

新鮮雞蛋

白

火器

Fruits.

pair 1.30

each 21

BA SKMER #EKIA292

Jan. 8, June, June

1930, 1918. 1914

Cla. Gta. Gto.

16. 50 30 81

each 35

A per doz. 34

Ib.

oach 45

ib.

想

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៩ ឌ ឌន ន គ ន គ

ឌឌ៩ឌ } .|

| |

Per at 8

Apples (California)

Bananas (bride's) .......... 您山香蕉

Carambola

lb. 00

金山粺熊

Coconuta

#3 + each 13

Lemons, China

#Ib.

Lemons (American)

企山檸檬 each 15

Lichees, Dried

Oranges (Canton)

荔枝¥ 16. 新會甜糖

Oranges

Pears (Canton)

Peanuta

# 生

Persimmons, Large

工 *

each 12

Plantain

* *

ย

Pumelo, Siam.

1b.

還經抽 each 14

Walnuts

# lb.

Grapes

26 20

***

2 2 2 2 2 2 2 4

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༄⌘ { | | ཞཱ" ༅ ། །

lb.

16 24

13.

29 ****ANA

| ឌ ដ ឌ ឌ ៩ ឌ ឌ ៩ ១ P ដ ឌ ៖ × ៧ ឌ 2 ន ន ន ន ឌឌ ន ឌន ៖ ន ន ន ន ន គឺ “ ដ ឌឌឌ និងទ

Vegetables, &c.

Artichokes

Bear, Sprout

教育

Long

Eeet Root....

Bitter Squash

Brinjala, Green

Red .....

Cabbage, Chinese

(Shanghai).

43 #

Okroes

42 20

Onions, Bombay

♪

Green

Parsley Potato, Sweet

62 - 10

ท

Japanese

日本

24 10

American

金山

Pumpkin Radish

Shallota Spinach Tomatoes

28 28

Tazos...

88 26 B5

Water Crans

1.10

Curry Stuff, English..

Cucumbera

Garlic

Ginger, Young

Horseradish, Shanghai Indian Corn

Lettuce

Water Chestnuts ....

Mandarin.

Mushrooms, Fresh

Shanghal

洋葱頭生

上海德頭

Cane Shoots, bunch .. py

Cauliflower (Large)..

(Medium) 中揶榮花 (Small) ..

Carrots Celery, Chinese

***

1988---a&

Chillos. Dried

Red

###

Green

竹茶的頭瓜瓜瓜菜菜鲜花花花笋菜千椒椒料瓜【安安·米榮路蹄頭菜薯仔仔瓜仔菜頭榮

雅芝 each 10

anch 18

2b.

སྱཱ །ཤཱ ཋ ཋ ཋ ཨ ཿ བྷ ཋ ཋ ཋ ཿ དཿ ཤཱ ཋ ཱ ཋ ཿ ཥྞ ཿ ཏཱཾ ཡ ཋ ལསྐ} | ཆཕེ ཕ

10.

छ

៩

10 10

29 26

10, 8

G 2

118 18.1 1 1 12% |

** | | | | | | | | ❤ ❤ ❤ || | ---- |

slightly better since the holidays but no move has been made regarding erders for July-August shipment, nor enn new business be forthcoming dur- ing the phenomenal fall of the dollar. It is reported that cortain concerns are offering to accept orders for con- tinental and Bradford woollen goods Beak-Notse lasued Arg Yan, 43,000,000 at approximately the same price basis

BRANCHEN AND ADENCIES; JAPAN-Tokyo. Yokotama, Kobe, Deaks. as last season but the dealers do not Kabong, Haute, Shinshike, Talahu, Talsan,ppear to have responded to these

overtures up to the present.

Cotton Yarn

Central Bank la Farmsons.

PURUOYA,

Es, Xarinio,

Takao. Tamal, Town, ulio, Taito. COINAT=Sanghai, limakow, Amer. Foochow

brator, dealer. DINERS-Hong Kong, Ring

Palatin matang.

Landon, New York. Dairen,

LONDON BANKERS:

Boerabaja Caluutio,

The London County Waatinizatar and Parr’C Bank,

Catalis, Charbon. Dainber, Dipl ikat) The Baque'), Jeddah, Bebe, Bote-Badia, Makassar, Medan, Pudarij Falembang, Pakawägen, Pang Tontiewak Rangoon, Rotterdama"}, The Correspondents in all the prin Gemmang),

bolgripal Comuneial Cut throughout the world. Borsbain, (Numates), Singapore,

LNAQURA Rosaria (Bolu), Ters, Tivatipo

Надирог and Weltevreden.

شهدای معدل

These hos bara sals deposit boxes 30 London Bankar-National Provincial Beak Ld.

Porpondents all over the world

Banking busca of every desciption Iranaached.

M. BLBERO

flows Kong. With May, 1909.

Wasag

HONG KONG BRANCH

NA VODUx Hood Central. Hang Kors. 10th January, 1929.

No business to report. Nominal quotations are as follows:-

Liver Sucking Pigs, Canten, Saturday. Due to

the recent military Suet, Beef situation

Matten affecting the Central

Veni Bank notes. the taxes in the

Savesges Kwangtung Province were to be paid with 80 per cent. silver coins and 40 per cent. Central Bank notes. It was reported yesterday Barbel that the Finance Department de- cided to resume the collection of taxes in the Central Bank notes, Canton from commencing for

No. 198-$170-185. No. 128. $188-195, January 11, and for other dia- Catfish No. 169. $15-210. No. 20s. $210-220.tricts, from January 16. Cauton Codfish

News Agency.

SILK MARKET

Abroad

order

Fresh Water

Yellow

***FREE VEEKIENOSRXQEDUISASYWJHERRSZARDHEKN

尾肚水

BANQUE DE L'INDO - CHINE.

HEAD OFFICE:

95, Boulevard Baussman, Paris.

Subscribed Capital Fre. 72,000,000.00 Pald-Up Capital...Fra. 68,400,000,00 Reserve Funds ....Fra.102,000,000.00;

.Bangkok

Battambang Hue Genthe

BRANCHES:

Hong Kong Quinbon

Saigon Shanghai

Mengtze

Canton Nam-Dinh Singapore

Djibouti Neuma Thanhea Fort-Bayard Papesto

Haiphong Peking Hankow Hanoi

Tidatsin

Тошале

Prom-Ponh Vinh Pondicherry Yunnanfa BANKERS:

IN FRANCE: Comptoir National d'Escompte de Paris; Credit Lyonnais; Banque de Faris et des Pays-Bas; Credit Industriel et Commercial; So- elete Generale.

The Committee of the Foreign Silk Association of Canton report under Home Drapers Buying Els. Conger THE BANK OF CANTON, LTD. date December 31:-

Established 1912.

Brad Office-Hong Kong.

Authored Capital (1.K Currency)

aid Up Capitals Uprety Fund

BRANCHES

$11,000,000

6,604,300

680,000

Cazion, Shanghai, Bankow, Bangkok, Hew York and tas Paulson

LONDON DANKENS 1—' The Lloyd's Bank Limited. connePONDENTN

tal principal cities of the World. Porey change and banking brolina af wary description inacted.

Safe Depouls Gera (vazione ) as a guarly Teal of from 35 to 40.

LOOK POONG SHAN,

Chief Manager, Hong Kong. 19th February. 1927.

THE BANK OF CHINA. 行銀淑

(Spfcially Authorised by Presidentis! Mandate of the Republic of China on the 22nd of November, 1917.)

There has, been no improvement in demand and our market remaics dull.) Prices are irregular, some hoklers are willing to sell at lower prices.

As regards the agreement mentioned in our last report, of the Alatures dis- continuing work after December 20, it is now reported that only a small per- centage have done so,

Stocks in Canton amount to 12,000 hales.

Quotations:-

14-16 N.S. Crack Chops G$3.15 per b. (c.l.f. New York via overland).

20-22 N.S. Ex ExA G$294 per lb. (c.i.f. New York via overland).

13-16 0.8. Extra. Frs. 230.00 per kilo.

13-15 OS. Best I Frs. 183.00, per kilo.

TRADE CONDITIONS IN DENMARK

IN LONDON: The National Pro Authorized Capital....$80,000,000.00 and the Danish State Statistical De- vincial & Union Bank of England, Paid-up Capital Ltd.; Comptoir National d'Escompte Reserve Fund

de Paris; Credit LyonnaĪS.

IN NEW YORK: J. P. Morgan & Co.; French American Banking Cor- poration; Guaranty Trust Co. of New York

Interest allowed on Current Ac- counts and Fixed anoalta according

to arrangements.

Every, description of Banking and Exchange Business transacted.

Safe Deposit Boxes to lež.

A. LECOT,

Manager. Hong Kong, 1st May, 1929.

THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LIMITED.

Established 1880. Capital (fully paid-up) Yen 100,000,000 Reserve Fund

HEAD OFFICE: PEKING.

The National Bank of Copenhagen 18,278,000.00 partment supply the following infor

9,629,425.24 mation on

economic and Industrial conditions In Denmark during Octo ber:-The agricultural export somewhat greater than in Octobor 1928, as regards butter and eggni the

export of meat was considerably greater, and that of bacon somewhat smaller than in the corresponding month in 1928. The average week- (October, 1928, 26,923 kg.), for egga 912,500 score (906,000 score),

HONG KONG BRANCH: 4, Queen's Road Central. Branches and Sub-branches all over China, and Correspondents in Europe, America and other parts of the world.

London Provincial and Union Bank of Eng land. Ltd.

47%

The allegation that the drapery Frogs trade is compelled to buy material Garoupa abroad because of the high prices in Gudgeon Manchester was made at the council Herrings meeting of the Drapers' Chamber of Trade of the United Kingdom, held Helibat at the Hotel Victoria, Northumber. | Labrus land Avenue_

Loach

Mr. F. A. Best, chairman, referring Lobsters to the Consumers' Council which the Government propose to set up, said Mackerel that the Government did not quite Monk Fish realise the principle between cost and Mulet selling. "I feel confident," he said, Oystern "that if they investigate the general Parrot Fish selling prices in the drapery trade would not find that profit is a

Perch principle which ́is maintained.”

Pike

Mr. Lewis Hay, a vice-president, Plates

said: "I do not think it would be Pomfret, White found in the trade generally that Pomfret, Black profits are more than 5 per cent.

think it comes very badly from Man- Prawns chester when they say that we in-Ray jura their trade because of our high Rock Fish prices. Wo

to buy are coropelled

Roach abroad while the foolish policy of the Salmon Government continues. During the last twelve months from 40 to 60 Shark per cent of our lower-grade cotton Skate stuff has had to be bought in Bel- Shrimps gium, and Japán because Manchester prices are too high. To try to put

Snapper the blame on us is very unfair." Soles

Teach Turbot

Bankers: The Nationally export was for butter 27,503 hkg. HUGE COTTON FAIR Tales. anall, fr, water

The Guaranty Trust Company offer bacon 51,504 hkg. (51,706), and Bringing Lancashire to.

itios. .Yen 108,500,000

Head Office:--YOKOHAMA. '

Branches and Agencies at:

Nagoya Nawchwang New York

Alexandria

Batavia

Bombay

Bossos Ayres

Temporarily

closed).

Camion

Calcutta

· Changchun;

Osaka

Peking

-Rangoon

·Rio de Janeiro Balgon,*.

Dairen (Dalny) BAD Francisco

Faurten (Hükden) Beattle

Bemarang

Shanghai

Sagapore Bograbays

Tokyo.

change.

for meat and cattle 12,872 hkg.

the Fore

support

蝦然公魚麵

魚魚魚魚牌

Rhubarb (Fresh)

Turnipa, Punti (Long)

Vegetable Marrow

Water Lily Root

WATER SUPPLY

Approves

干廳

8.9

雜洋菜

8 4

of the principal items in the estim ated expenditures are: Chinook reser- voir, · $850,000; water purification $915,000; main pumping connecting Dire Kaos, $970,000; · distribution "mains,

$160,000.

Ex-station, $270,000; on Spading By-Law

penditure of $3,770,000 $460,000; land, right-of-way, etc,

New York,

sion. The terms of the agreement (9,650 New York Bankers:--The Irving

are contained in a by-law recently National Bank,

The prices of the exported pro

passed by the City Council. The Equitable Trust Company of ducts were higher for all goods than All sections of the cotton industry

The C.N.R. is to build a hotel of Now York

last year. The average of the official will be represented at a great Lan the Chateau Interest allowed on Current Ac.Weekly quotations

were for butter cashire Cotton Fair, to be held in Crescent at Twenty-first Street con 333 kr. (October, 1928, 925 kr.) per Manchester in February, under the taining a minimum of 200 guest counts and Fixed Deposita. Terias on application

100 kg., for eggs 1.90 kr. (1.80 kr.) auspices of the Manchester Dally room. · The major concessions of Every description of Banking Busi- per kg, for bacon 1.48 kr. (1.80 kr.) Dispatch. Both the Federation of Saskatoon Include providing a street

per hers transacted.

kg.. and for ment 58 oere (64 Master Catton Spinners Associations diversion at the proposed site and Loans granted on approved secur-pere) per kg. live weight.

and the Spinners and Manufacturers exempting the hotel and its append The trade balance for September Association

25 years except the business tax as Special facilities for Home Ex-shows an import to the value of 108 patronae are giving the fair their ages from all municipal taxation for

million kr., and an export

to the

A great demonstration of what defined in the City act. The railway BHOU J. CHEN,

value of 154 million kr thus leav Lancashire can produce, the fair is for the cost of the street diversion- is however, to pay the city $25,000 Mansgering an import surplus of 14 million designed as a comprehensive effort Kr against 4 million kr. in Septem.to, put Lancashire goods to the fore- ber, 1028. For the period January front. All cotton processed, September the import surplus was the bals to the antsbed Zabric, will 47 million kr., against 82 million kr, be shown, and mannequins will dis- In 1928,

play cotton garments.

Sposial eppoal will be made both to home and foreign buyers, and is anticipated that the fair, which it is hoped will become an annual event, will give a big impetas to trade and assist in the improvement organisation. All the cotton towns are being asked to co-operate in the work of propagande.

THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LTD.

HEAD OFFICE: HONG KONG. 10, Des Voeux Road Central, Hong Kang.

from

of raion

Halifax, N.S.-The contract for the now pier at the Ocean Terminals Authorised Capital

$10,000,000 has been awarded to J. P. Porter Pald-Up Capital...

6,000,000 and Sons. It is understood that the Res Tve

1,500,000 contract price of this firm was in BRANCHES AND AGENCIES:-- the neighbourhood of $3,000,000. The Batavia Melbourne San Francisco unit, and will be known as Pler B. new pler will be a completely modern Bombay Nagasaki Beattle Calcatta New York Semarang The fully equipped marine, dredge

Manseau has already been towed SASKATOON HOTEL

Canton "Osaka Haiphong Paris Honolulu Felping

Kobe Kowloon

Singapore ? Bourabaya

Lyndon Balgun

Rangeon

Shanghai tum

Bydney Talpea Tientsin Tokyo'

Manila

into the Harbour, to be used in con- nection with the building of the pier.

Drive a Trusty TRIUMPH

SiMotor that baver fails you

Pact With City to Come Before Legislature

Calgary, Alta - Calgary's. money by-law to provide for an ex- water supply scheme was approved penditure of $3,770,000 on a new by a large majority in the voting by ratepayers in connection with the civic elections. The vote was 4,277 in favour and 1,079 against. At the same time a by-law providing for an expenditure of $175,000 on extension

NEW C.N.R. STATION | Proval

WORK IN CANADA

Recession Fails to Prevent Record

of waterworks mains received ap Ottawa Ont, Employment

Canada on November I stood at Work of commencing preliminary | higher level than any other Novem Contract For Between the big Elbow River reservoir, new Bureau of Statistics showed 1,032,670 preparations for the construction of, | bær, » Reports -- to the Dominion

Gltration plant, new pumping station, persons were employed by 7,048 $700,000 & $800,000

and now supply and distribution Despite the usual autumnal ra mains, etc. will start at ones. Tas the reduction from October 1 was Hamilton, Ost-Word of the city commissions will recommend to only 8,270 workers, awarding of the contract for the new

Pronounced seasonal c City Council that the firm of Gore,

curtailment Canadian National Railways station Nesmith and Storria, conditing en again, took place in construction-and to the Piggott Construction Com-gineers of Toronto, who prepared the manufacturing, while logging, mining ang of Hamilton has been received report on which the by-law was bass and trade reported considerable im Kingsland, General Manager of the drawing up the necessary plans and character.

Burton from Hed, be retained for the purpose of provement, Mayor

also largely

Central Region of the G.N.R. The specifications and to act as consult Heightened employment was regis- price of the successful tender is reing engineers. The entire schema intered in the Maritime Provinces: and ported to be between $700,000 and expected to involve construction ex- Quebec as compared with. October $800,000.

tending over a period of two and a ; but the tendency was downward The new station is expected to ba half years, on the conclusion of Ontario, the Prairie Provinces and an acquisition to the city both by which Calgary will have a supply of British Columbia between the Olty of Saskatoon and fudities, and because of its imposing 200,000 pestampply to from the

Saskatoon, SaskThe agreement providing increased transportation altered water rumcient for city of Kate, M the Canadian National Railways com Architectural features.

It will

tentag the building of $2,000,000 constructed of stone, with ** Carine - How Hires, and the changing over to Sir Patrick Gowar-is Hotel in Berkstows, will form the sub- thing: twende and a pediment în scul. Elbow River Involves the construc ཟླ stance of the parst"private" bill ind. tured roller sparkention of dam fel hil of from Mr. Joseph BAL

ertised to cepan, before, the Baskat.. Construation will begin at an early south of the city limits to Impound uf chlet publicly officer at Com chaman Lesinature at its next here date,

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