1941-06-09 — Page 29

THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 9, 1941.

`CORRESPONDENCE

EXPORTER'S COMPLAINT

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Sir. My trade connections here had contracted with their clients at Macao to deliver 30,000 gunny bags sale being contingent upon circumstances beyond their con-

trul.

Accordingly I was asked to effect urrangements for the des-j patch and I learnt that the Con- troller of Trade would grant per-

- mits after the consideration

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favourably of recommendations from H.B. Majesty's Consul there,

This entailed

the expenditure

of the time and money a Macao to convince the consul that the bags were for the legitimate use of Macao trade and not for un- friendly hands or transhipment to Indo-China. The consul, how- ever, reduced the quantity from 50,000 to 10,000 and issued a Con- sular Recommendation,

not to

We approached the Controller of Trade and he told us only then that the maximum quantity allowed per month was exceed a thousand bags. We felt ourselves severely taxed by the curtailment from 30,000 to 10,000) and from 10,000 to a mere 1,000. However, in order to prove to Macao clients that doing

our best we

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were

agreed to

only

accept to ship a thousand and we concurrently retained lawyers to stand witness that we had endeavoured by every pos- sible means to ship the most.

To our consternation and sur- prise we again heard from the Controller of Trade that even for shipment of 1,000 it was subject to his consideration whether to approve or to forbid shipment. If we could have been informed from the commencement straight and explicit manner we would have been spared all these disappointments.

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Now for the past two weeks our lawyers have been in con- stant touch with the Controller of Trade asking for a quicker "yes" or "no" instead of keeping us in! suspense indefinitely.

Until to-

day we have had no answer,

Government officials should realise that their salaries are sure things besides their liberal home leave

pensions allowances and and one wonders if they do really have serious worries and if they du for a fraction of a moment al times consider the hard lot of the taxed merchants

other with trade difficulties and to stand the

abuses of gross ineficiency and intolerable delays to applications for trade permi's.

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of these days taxations and

As a newspaper you will under- existence stand that your own depends upon the ability of mer- chants to provide funds on adver-! tisements, which is the means of maintaining a newspaper and failures that if merchants mee your paper will also suffer and hence it will be our common lot to take up a public protest to re- quest His Excellency the Governor to give closer attention to certain Departments of the Government which in my opinion need some extra reshuffling.

JOSEPH A. GUTIERREZ,

CESTER SQUA

WAY ~CADILLY.

Two nurses at Leicester Square tube station are bathing the sore eye of a man, and they are most exact and careful about their job. Eye trouble is à prevailing complaint amongst shel- terers, as trains constantly pass through the station at a great speed, whirling up all the dust and dirt, so that grit casily geta Into the eyes of the people. (Copyright, Fox).

LOCAL SHARES

H.K, GOVT. LOANS 3% Loan (1934) 94% 50.

INSURANCES

Canton In . $220 b. Union Ins. $405 b. H.K. Fire Ins. $178 b.

SHIPPING Indo-Chinas (Pref.) $80 b. DOCKS, WHARVES, GODOWNS,

ETC.

H.K. Docks $14.60 b. Providents $5.10 b.

LANDS. HOTEL & BLOGS. H.K. and S. Hotels $2.90 b. H.K. Realties $3 sa,

PUBLIC UTILITIES H.K. Tramways $16.10

DUKE MEETS R.A.A.F. MEN

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