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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20TH, 1991.

DODWELL & CO. LIMITED.

REGULAR SAILINGS TO NEW YORK & BOSTON":

for NEW YORK & BOSTON vla Suez

3.5.

"WRAY CASTLE"

sailing

about

8th Nov,

LLOYD TRIESTINO.

TAKING CARGO ON THROUGH BILLS OF LADING FOR LEVANT, BLACK SEA & DANUBE PORTS.

FIUME having been re-opened for traffic, cargo in miso socopted for this port on through Bill of Lading,

FOR BRINDISI, VENICE & TRIESTE

via SINGAPORE, PENANG "PERSIA "... 5.M. NIPPON"

1.3.

*PERSIA

-** NIPPON",

TIS

&

से

COLOMBO.

sailing on er about 7th November. sailing beginning of December

FOR SHANGHAL

Passengers' Luggage can be insured

NATAL LINE OF

ailing on or about 25th October sailing on or abons 20th November. the Office of the Agents.

STEAMERS.

Sailing from Colombe to South African Ports:-

SOUTH AFRICAN PORTS from QALOUTTA & COLOMBO,

Through Bills of Lading immed from Hongkong.

For Freight or Passage on any of the above Limon apply to ~--

DODWELL & CO., LIMITED,

Agentz

N. Y. K.

NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA

BAILINOS FROM ROKUKONG SURINEN SU ÄRITRAFICE.

VICTORIA, SEATTLE & VANCOUVER

Japan porta

via Shanghai

Through Bills of Lading issued to all Overland common Polabs in U.S.A. and Canada.

JUWA MARU (Nagasaki direct) -FUSHIMI MABU (Nagasaki direct) ...

KATORI MARU (calling Manila) ́KASHTMA MARU

Saturday. -- - 59th Oct, 29.11 m. Saturday, 19th Novy a 11 am “..., Saturday, Brd Dec., at 11 am. Wednesday, 28th Dec,” ni 11 sm

&

PASSING OF THE SQUIRE. SALE OF MANSIONS.

RESULT OF TAXATION.

PREPAID

WANTED"

ADVERTISEMENTS

Letters ses lying at this Odion for #Boxes UK, KX, LM, LN, LB'IM, LU, LW, MA, ME, MZ, NB, A

TO

In his presidential address, to the mombors of the Anotioneers and Estata Agents Institute, at Birmingham, last month, Alderman Ernest J. Bigwood said that it was the infinite varisty of an auctioneer's and estate agent's work LTA FLAT in Cambay Buildings Nathan Road Kowloon Apply to that attracted him in his youthful days: Maam. KAYAMALLY & Co. 5, D'Aguilar

.[185 and after nearly fifty years attracted Street.

In a long him still (Hear, hear.) career he had found their profession in-

and sometimes W-ROOMED HOUSE Baths, VANTED—lat. December, Kowloon side, teresting, instructive, amusing. He was always sorry for the Servants Quarters, with space for Motor oycle man who went through life without see storage. Reply Box NG, c/o Daily Pram Office.

TO LET.

the humorous side of things: Was there any other profession that gave the opportunities they found, both in the suction room and generally, of studying different phases of character? Nervous- ness temper, greed, confidence, and our ning were all illustrated in turn. H GODOWN at Yazmati. well remembered seeing a lady, who had instructed an agent to purchase a lot for her, going to the doorway of the sale- room, and, being unable to see her agant, bidding herself to a ridiculous figure, and too late discovering that she was bidding against him. He was on one side. of an open door, and she the other (Laughter.) That was an instance of

nervousness.

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INDO-CHINA

STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, LIMITED.

M

SAILINGS, SUBIKUT TO ALTERATION

SHANGHAI &. TSINGTAÐ MANILA

STRAITS & CALCUTTA ... KOBE via SHANGHAI ... SHANGHAI via SWATOW TIRNTAIN BANGKOK via SWATOW SHANGHAI ININGPO HAIPHONG NEO FOR SANDAKAN. *** CALCUTTA -LINE

| SHANGHAJJLINE

For particulars apply to-m THE HONGKONG LAND RECLAMA.

TION CO. LTD.

1148

MANILA

TO LET

[ODOWN at Sam Shui Po -near He would only give oneCommopolitan Dock. Large open sozn

BORNRO

"HANGSANG*Thurs

YUENSANG

20th Oct., 'r.. 31st. Och. 3 PJK.

* OHAKBANG ....Sat

Sad Ost, 8 ran

23rd Oct., Dlight. NAMBANG

93rd Oct., D'light. TUNGSHING Sao CHEONGSHING "Mon, 94th Oct, Noon "CHUNSANG"...Tue., 25th Oct., D'light. "WINGSANG" Tues., 35th Oct., D'light

...TUBE TAKBANG

25th Oct., 10 am, and Nov. Noon Wed, ...HINSANG " This Ling affords regular-silings to Caluutta. Fenang ang Singapore; returning from Calcatta stoomers, prossed via Siralay and Hong Kong to Japan, ocassionally calling si Shanghai All steamers have excellent "passenger accommodation, are Atted with Electric Light and Pans and carry a fully-qualiɓod

**

approximately every five days outween Canton and Shanghal, sometimes calling at Swatow Through tickets van be obtained and through Bill of Lading are issued to all Northern and Yangtase Porta via Shangbal.

LINK A rookly service is maintained with Mantle by vessels with good

passenger accommodation, sailings from both ports every Friday.

and. cargo HAIPHONG LINE:llings. Approximately moment ofer

indiorament calling at LINE:-Fortnightly

Former IBANG and B-MAUSANG both resicoses paving excellent passenger accommodation. Largo taken on through-Hills of Ling for Kudat Jesselton, Labuan Tawao and Inbad Data. LINE-Agar service is run from Marob to November bstwoan

to and from Sandakan by two 5,000 tona

example of temper. An ordinary small suburban ground rent was being sold. pound in front suitable for the storage of The lessee, desiring to make his hometal, Lumber, Oros, etc. Marine Lot; TIENTSIN frechold, bid, freely, and was opposed by approached either from land or water side.

For particolars apply_to-i

a neighbour, who, not to put it too high, did not love him, with the result that the ground rent, worth in the days when the incident took place thirty years purchase realised one hundred years' purchase.

For the last few years they had “had Bufficient of both buyers and sellers, and

W. G. HUMPHREYS & CO.

TO LET.

[1394

centrally locatad. Apply.

Box No. 1143, Care of Daily Press Office.

[1557

be hoped that, while profiting fairly and 4 LARGE BRIGHT AIRY OFFICES to the full by that condition of affairs, they had remembered that a period of depression followed a period of inflation as surely as daylight followed dawn. In his memory, there had been several ex amples after the great times we; had following the Franco-Prussian war; after the exciting times of the cycle boom; and now, after the Great World War; but

TO LET.

WO FURNISHED ROOMS with Bath Higher Level,

Apply 5. Y. Z.

Jo Dalty Fram Ofles-

never had he been so sudden and so 1 Room and Pantry. Use of Kitchen world-wide a collapse as since last No vember. It was perfectly certain that! the only solution (the difficulties we were struggling with was for every class to do more work and in most cases be satisfied with less p^T

1611

***WEATHER

REPORT.

October 19th, ab 11.89-Preasure has increased slightly along the east coast of China. It has decreased considerably over .E, Japan, and slightly over B. China, and Indo-China.

اد

A shallow depression lies over S.W. China An anticyclone has formed over N. China and B. Mongolia

The typhoon has passed into the Pacific. Moderate monsoon may be expected along the coast of China..

Their farmer friends had had a fairly good time during control. Prices had been fixed, and the element of uncer tainty had been to a large extent eliminated in regard to live stock fatten- ed for slaughter; cart horses that would have sold for £60 had made anything up to £200; hay rose from approximately £4 to £1 per ton; butter from 18. 6d. to 5s, per pound; corn showed a sub- stantial increase, and the price was guaranteed by the Corn Froduction Acts. He knew the other side of the picture- the largely increased cost of labour, and

24 hours the difficulty during and after the war Hongkong rainfall for the of getting it at all: the ever-increasing ending at 10 am. to-day, 2.00 inch Total burden of raica Yet du balance farm since January 1st, 96.88 Inches, against an

reasonably paying had The forecast for the 24 hours ending

#pro-average of 79.49 Inches. position instead of the. slavery been for years, and farmers, who were soon to-day is as follows :

long-suffering class, combined to

DUFTRICT protect their mutual interests. With a reasonable return on capital and labour, Hongkong to Gap Rock what life was there to compare in fre dom, health pleasure, and profit with that of the English farmer? For many years he had thought that the sub-divi- sion of land and its higher cultivation would greatly benefit the country, and that fact was now fully established. The increase in the food produced was enor

MARSBILLES, LONDON & ANTWERP via Singapore, Penang ing became

Colombo, Suez," and Port Said

SHIDZUOKA MARU...

TYO MABU ATSUTA MARU

Friday,

Friday,

-Friday,

HAKONE MARU

510

*

Friday,

- 29th Oct, àà 11 mm. 11th Nov at 11 p.m. 26th Nov, at 11 am. '9th Dec, at 11 am.

8

HAMBURG, via LONDON &

ROTTERDAM.

MITO MARU

MATSUYE MABU ***

LIVERPOOL via MAESEILLES.

KANAKUBA MABU

Saturday, and October. "End of November.

Beginning of December.

SYDNEY & MELBOURNE vis Manils, Zamboanga, Thursday mous; the importance of this was brought

Island, Townsville & Brisbane, A

10

*+

Trevisy,

Tuesday,

Thursday," Friday,

WEW YORK, VIA PANAMA & CUBAN PORTS.

AKI MARU TANGO MARU

DURBAN MARU

NEW YORK via SUEZ.

DELAGOA MARU...

RANGOON MARU

BIO DE JANEIRO, SANTOS &

KAWACHI HARU

15th Nov, ab-11-6.m. 20th Dec, at 11 am.

30th Oct. 15th Nov.

Thursday 27th Oct BUENOS AIRES vis QAPH.

Tuesday, 8th November)

Saturday, 22nd Oct.. Thursday, 3rd Nov.

BOMBAY vix Singapore, Penang and Colombo,

IN

QALOUTTA via Singapore, Penang & Rangoon.

AKITA MARU ----

WAKASA MARU

'TOTOMI MARU (omitting Penang)

Baturday.

29th Oct.

SANUKI MARU

Friday,

11th Nov.

NAGASAKT

KOBE & YOKOHAMA.

TANGO MARU-

Friday,

18th

SHANGHAI, KOBE & YOKOHAMA.

KAGA MARU

Friday,

TRUYAMA MARU

Tuesday,

at 11 pm.

28th Oct. at 1 am.

15th Nov.

YOKOHAMA MARU“

Bunday,

IMA MARU (calling Nagasaks, & Kure) Sunday,

20th Nov. at 11 am. 20th Nov.

home to the country in the days of the submarine. Few people-realised how near we were to famine in the early days of 1918. The shock we then received might, he feared, too soon be forgotten.

FormosayChannel

FORECAST

(E. winds, light

{to moderate ; Lfine. (N.E.. winde

moderate ta fresh.

South coast of China between (The same ag

Hongkong and Lamocks 1 No. 1. South coast of Chins between The same sa

No.. 1. Hongkong and Hainan

HONGKONG METEOROLOGICAL

REGISTER.. Hongkong Observatory, October 19th.

Previous On DateļOn Date,

Day. ab

3 pa

Biometer

„OLD RELATIONS: SEVERED. *t. The many sales that had been seen of outlying portions of estates had a sad side. They meant that the old rela tions between the squire, his tenantry and cottagers, which is so many cases had existed happily for hundreds of years, had suddenly come to an end; the only satisfaction to the owner being that Temperature... the better prices realised for his land aumidity had lessened burdens and made it just Wind Direction

-Force- possible for him to retain and live in

Weather... his ancestral home with a reduced num

Bain ber of surrounding acres. They knew how difficult, it was to dispose of large Highest open-air Temperature on 18th. ... 85. country mansions, owing to the burden

[at 2 pm...6 am.

29.90 29.91

29.88

84

76

81

33

74

W Calm

FSE

b

0.00

0.00

0.00

of a 6s income-tax, super-tax, and the Lowest open-air Temperature on 18th. 76 immensely increased cost of maintenance and repairs. Another thing that in. creased that difficulty of realisation was that the amenities of landed estate, like that.

then it

For further information Apply to NIPPON YUSEN KAISHAs generally to men who

Telephone No. 293 & 292.

K. H. KAMEL, Manager.

SANITARY WASHABLE

HALL'S DISTEMPER

THE KING OF WATER PAINTS.

The scientific ideal of a wall covering is one that is not only beautiful, but easy to keep clean, germ poof, absolutely fast, is colour, and when applied a thorough disinfectant, No wall covering conforms so closely to these requirements as Hall's Sanitary Washable Distemper which has the important advant. ages of being most economical and durable.

Hell's Distemper is applied with a whitewash brush, saving much in ihn noch ut fabour.

I set hard, kills milzrobes and veruin, and disinfegie:

Maple is made in a wide range of 70 colours, including rich dark as well salight tint. The colours never fade, enabling farnliers and picturés so be moved abÓRI I ROOM without showing discoloured walls, EVRAN LA MEIat

Hall Distemper decoration may be washed by lightly sponging down with algen topld water. It remains clean, sweet and fresh for yÖREN Shade card and full particulars post free on application to

WM

JACK

CO. LTD.,

14, DEB VŒUX BOAD CENTRAL SOLE- AGENTS FOR HONGKONG AND SOUTH CHINA

HONGKONG-TIDE TABLE.

From 20th to 26th October, 1991.

HiGH WAXKL.

Low WATER

3

H'kong

F'kong

Bianderi

Standard

Tima,

Time.

the in.

the net income, had 30 decreased it was only in very favoured districts that sales could be effected, and mande money in business, and they too often had an unfortunate habit of making their calculations on a purely financial basis. amenities and social advantages being largely omitted from considers tion He was afraid there was little room now for the auctioneer to indulge in sach flights of fancy as the North- country auctioneer who years ago, Thur 20 described an estate he was selling as territorial asterisk particularly attrac F 31 tive to anyone wishing to acquire a local habitation and a name." (Laughter.) Batur 29 Mar

The housing difficulty had been largely

&

Haight.

hi,m. ft. In

Height

m 11 455 5m 5 28 1 7

10817 7:

48.2 6

0 53 5 1 }m 16 18 |X. 11 33 7.6 6 18

9.1749

to the fore since the armistice, and it Sun 017

345 a 48

2

7 193

5 48

4

8:30 2 1

had become very usual to attribute the M24 m 138 7 1m 9:48 24 shortage of houses to the stoppage of

that the building of houses, particularly

building during the war. The fact was Tuen 25m 83

68m 11 4 3 2

those occupied by artisans, which

much an established industry as the pro- Wod 50 m 446 vision of boots and shoes of clothing. became unprofitable, owing to the Fin- ance (1909-10) Act. 1910. The number

s

€

20,314

032 3

of houses built in the six largest provin Restriction Acta, are borne by the own cial cities in England in each of the ers. That class of propers had depre- yesra 1913 and 1914, after the passing of cisted in value, and was more or less the Finance Act and before the war, was unmarkeable. It was largely owned by approximately one-third of the number the class who occupied it, and they must, built in either of the years 1005 and 1906. he supposed, continue to suffer, until There was no class of property that had the control, which no doubt was neces suffered more from the huge increases sary at the time it was imposed, was

în rates and taxes, and the cost of withdrawn, and we reverted, as we had pairs, than ordinary artisans dwellings, done in the case of other commodities, upon which the rates and taxes, except to the old-established condition of sa to the limited extent allowed by the Bent article being worth what it would realias

(Continued as foot of wezt column ) } in the market.

Hongkong and Tientsin, calling at Welhafwel and Chefoo BANGKOK ĮLINE-A weekly servios is provided between Hongkong and Bangkok via Bwatow, by four steamers Asted with, up-to-date pamangar socommodation.

CALCUTTA

LINE

CHAKSANG" will be despatched on or about Satursday, 22nd Oct., at 3 p.m., for SINGAPORE, PENANG & CALOUTTA.

Through Bills of Lading issued to RANGOON, PORT SWET. TENHAM, MADRAS and DUTCH EAST INDIES.

For Freight or Passage apply tom

Jardine, Matheson

& Co., Ltd

TalarHong No 215.

GLEN

GENERAL MANAGERS

AND

SHIRE

Joint Service of Steamers.

U.K.-STRAITS, CHINA & JAPAN SERVICE.

Vessel

8.8. "GLENIFFER* M.V. "GLENGILE *

Texnol

S8. "CARNARVONSHIRE 6.8. GLENIFFER".

OUTWARDS.

HOMEWARDS,

Leaves Hongkong

Due Hongkong

21st Oct.

10th Nov.

Dischargna

7th Nov. LONDON, HOTTKEDAM & HAMBURG. 23rd Nov. GENUA, LONDON, ROTTERDAM & HanyʊNG,

Movements are subject to change without notice.

For freight or further particulars please, apply to

Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd.. The Glen Line, Ltd, A

Telephone No. 215 sub-ox. 23 and 9896.

Cable Address Iswakisen, Kobe,

Bentley's A.B.0, 5th Ed.

and Boett's Dodes.

KAWASAKI

KISEN

(KAWASAKI ^^: STEAMSHIP CO

GAFITAL FAID-UF

Telephone: Sannemly

8844, 8933.

KAISHA

Y20.000.000

Presidents: Mr. 7. KAWASAKI, A Vice-President - Mr, K.-MazzuKALIAN Managing Director: Mr. Masaya AR

ne Company has on hand a Large Number of

NEW CARGO STEAMERS

ALWAYS, HEADY FOR

CHARTERS of

of all descriptions.

The following are comprised in the Company's Fiesta'

Eleven steamers of 9,100 tons each deadweight.

And under the Company's Management þe Twenty steamers of about 9,100 tons deadweight each. Two steamers of about 6,400 tona desdweight esch. Belonging to the Kawasaki Dockyard Co, Ltd)

For Charter Acles and all other particulare apoly 14: the-

KAWASAKI KISEN KAISHA

BG & BUND EC24.